‡AN INDO-PERSIAN SHIELD (DHAL), MID-19TH CENTURY of shallow convex form, fitted with four domed bosses corresponding to enarmes on the inside, the outer faces each decorated with gold koftgari birds, the central portion of the outer face left plain, and the border decorated with a concentric arrangement of panels filled with gold koftgari flowers, leaves and calligraphy, plain turned edge, and an early lining 36.5 cm; 14 3/8 in diameter The inscriptions include unidentified Persian verses and 'amal-i 'abbas ("Work of 'Abbas.")