LOT 198
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Lot 198
A RARE RUSSIAN LAMELLA AND MAIL BODY ARMOR, 17TH CENTURY. The chest, back, sides and shoulders with overlapping rectangular curved iron plates linked to a chainmail vest with three quarter length sleeves and waist. Overall length 29.25 inches (74.2 cm).
Estimate:
$8,000 - 12,000
Comparison:
Some comparable examples are illustrated in Leonid Tarassuk, 'The Collection of Arms and Armour in the State Hermitage, Leningrad', The Journal of the Arms and Armour Society, Vol. V, Nos. 4-5, March 1966, pp205-208. The author highlights the rarity of examples of mixed mail and plate half-armours such as the offered lot. See also A.N. Kirpichnikov, Oyennoe Delo na Usi v VIII-X V v.v., Leningrad, 1976 and the mail half-armour of Tsar Mikhail Feodrovich, 1620.
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