A SOUTH INDIAN ARM DEFENCE (DASTANA), 18TH/19TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY HYDERABAD, ANDHRA PRADESH

A SOUTH INDIAN ARM DEFENCE (DASTANA), 18TH/19TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY HYDERABAD, ANDHRA PRADESH formed of a tapering gutter-shaped main plate and hinged inner plate with reinforced borders (slightly compressed), embossed with an ellipse over the wrist on the outside, and the outer surface profusely decorated with symmetrical designs of gold koftgari flowers and foliage (small losses), 29.5 cm Roy Elvis Catalogue Number A51.