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Antique 17th century Indo Persian Helmet Kulah Khud
[ES465]
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Antique 17th century Indo Persian- helmet Kulah-Khud with a
hemi-spherical skull forged from a single piece of thick steel
decorated with incised vertical panels and surmounted by a spike. The
front is with a sliding nose guard with palmette finials flanked by
two plume holders and remains of the third on the center, originally
there were three feather holders but one is missing, with the original
long neck-defense camail of chain mail of rounded links.
The rim of the helmet is appliquéd by a broad reinforcing band cut and
pierced with a serrated border.
These types of Persian helmets without engraved floral or human
decoration, as compared to most known Kulah-Khud helmets, and only
decorated with incised vertical panels and dated to the Safavid
period, are extremely rare and not too many have survived. Other
comparable Safavid helmets also decorated with incised vertical
panels, a similar reinforcing band, and three plume holders, are in
the Military Museum Teheran. Museum inventory number 3 published in
the book "Arms and Armor from Iran" by Dr. Manouchehr Moshtagh
Khorasani. Page 716. Also a similar helmet is in the famous Henri
Moser collection of Islamic Arms and Armour in Charllotenfels,
Switzerland now in the Bernisches Historisches Museum, and this is the
only one of this type of helmet in this collection which includes many
Persian Kulah-Khud helmets. Reference: “Orientalische Sammlung Henri
Moser, Charlottenfels” Page 69. Taf. XII. No 22.
MEASUREMENTS: Height from the top of the spike to the bottom of the
mail: 57.3 cm (26 1/2 inches), Diameter: 20.3 cm (8 in).
WEIGHT: 1670 grams
CONDITION: There is some damage as some cracks in the reinforcing band
and a hole at the front above the palmette base of the missing central
plume holder. Due to the heavy structure of the helmet those damages
were certainly made during combat. |
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Price: $5,200.00
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