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AN INDIAN SHIELD, LATE 19TH CENTURY of shallow convex form, the interior lined in painted fabric decorated with flowers (worn), and fitted with leather enarmes, the outer surface fitted with four low domed bosses each with four crab-like finials at the base, painted in gilt polychrome with courtly hunting scenes against a black ground over the greater part of its surface (small losses), and gilt brim 46.2 cm; 18 1/4 in diameter