Cuirass (Char Aina) with Mail Shirt. Culture: cuirass, Iranian; mail shirt, Iranian or Indian. Dimensions: Cuirass weight, 6 lb. 8 oz. (2948 g). Date: cuirass, 17th-early 18th century; mail shirt, 19th century.This exceptionally fine cuirass of crucible ("watered") steel is unusual in its use of octagonal plates decroated with fluting. The edges and central bosses are damascened in gold with Koranic inscriptions.Iranian and Indian cuirasses of this four-plate construction are known in Persian as char aina, "four mirrors." The term suggests the talismanic value of the mirror for repelling evil. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

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Cuirass (Char Aina) with Mail Shirt. Culture: cuirass, Iranian; mail shirt, Iranian or Indian. Dimensions: Cuirass weight, 6 lb. 8 oz. (2948 g). Date: cuirass, 17th-early 18th century; mail shirt, 19th century.This exceptionally fine cuirass of crucible ("watered") steel is unusual in its use of octagonal plates decroated with fluting. The edges and central bosses are damascened in gold with Koranic inscriptions.Iranian and Indian cuirasses of this four-plate construction are known in Persian as char aina, "four mirrors." The term suggests the talismanic value of the mirror for repelling evil. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

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