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Jin Jurchen Warrior Signed Suit of Iron Plate Armour Jin Jurchen Warrior Signed Suit of Iron Plate Armour Jin Jurchen Warrior Signed Suit of Iron Plate Armour Jin Jurchen Warrior Signed Suit of Iron Plate Armour Jin Jurchen Warrior Signed Suit of Iron Plate Armour Jin Jurchen Warrior Signed Suit of Iron Plate Armour
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LOT 0339

Jin Jurchen Warrior Signed Suit of Iron Plate Armour

JIN DYNASTY, EARLY 13TH CENTURY A.D.

1 1/8 - 4 1/4 in. (8.5 kg total, 3-11.1 cm).

A complete suite of rectangular iron plates to form a protective coat; the plates provided with a series of holes close to the long edges by which they were laced together into articulating panels; one plate with inscription in Chinese script recording: 'first month of the Datong era / control of the propagation of Armour. Yanhui'. [894]

Provenance

From the private collection of a London gentleman, from his grandfather's collection formed before the early 1970s.

Accompanied by a positive archaeometallurgy report by Dr Brian Gilmour PhD, Dip Cons, FSA, FCIFA, FRMS.
Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12051-216403.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Literature

Cf. Thordeman, B., Armour from the battle of Wisby, 1361, Malmo, 1939 (London, 2001), pp.245-264; Artemyeva, N., Prokopets, S., ‘Defensive weapons of the Jurchen warrior’ in Russian Archaeology, No. 1-2012, pp.129-142.

Footnotes

The Datong Era (大同, 1224–1233) is a name used for the reign of Puxian Wannu, a Jurchen warlord who established the Eastern Xia Dynasty in 13th century China. However, the war with the Jurchen states took more than 30 years: having first invaded the Jurchen borders in 1211, the Mongols finally defeated the Jin Empire only in 1234, while the Eastern Xia fell in 1246.

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Accompanied by a Positive Archaeometallurgy Report

LOT 0339

Jin Jurchen Warrior Signed Suit of Iron Plate Armour

Estimate £8,000 - 10,000€9,280 - 11,600 (for guidance only)$10,800 - 13,500 (for guidance only)

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