Shield with the armorial bearings of Constantijn Ranst

Details

• Title

  Shield with the armorial bearings of Constantijn Ranst

• Associated people

  Constantijn Ranst (1635 - 1714) (commissioner)

• Associated place

  Asia › Bengal (place of creation)

  Asia › Japan (place of creation)

• Date

  c. 1668 - c. 1700

• Material and technique

  leather, covered in black lacquer, with gold and red lacquer decoration

• Material index

  processed material › leather;

  organic › vegetal › resin › lacquer;

  processed material › metal › gold

• Technique index

  covered › coated › varnished › lacquered

• Object type

  arms/armour › shield;

  costume › regalia;

  miscellaneous equipment › ornament

• Dimensions

  8.5 cm sight size (height)
  54 cm (diameter)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Purchased with the assistance of the Friends of the Ashmolean Museum and the MLA/V&A Purchase Grant Fund, 1982.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1982.1

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