Shield with Hunting and Landscape Vignettes, second half 17th century, Attributed to India, Steel; with gold overlay, Diam. 21 11/16 in. (57.7 cm), Arms and Armor, The Mughal aesthetics are reflected in its weaponry. This shield, which belongs to the first quarter of eighteenth century, is ornately decorated with inlaid gold decoration on its rim and knob. The subject depicted on the border of the rim shows the ruler who is accompanied by his attendants’ aims with his rifle, gallops on a horse with a lance in his hand or attacks a furious lion
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