A Gold-Koftgari Steel Shield (Dhal) Rajasthan, North India, 19th Century

Of convex form with everted rim, mounted with four steel bosses of domed form and an applied zig-zag band to rim, chiselled and decorated in gold overlay with central roundel containing a palace, surrounded by zig-zag bands filled with inscriptions in nagari, the interstices with Brahma, Vishnu and animals in combat, four hinged rings to reverse.