Burgonet in Oriental Fashion

German, probably Augsburg

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This finely etched, gilt, and jeweled burgonet recalls the sumptuously embellished helmet and cuirass acquired in Augsburg and offered in 1590 by the imperial court in Vienna as tribute to the Ottoman sultan. This helmet once was completed by large shaped cheekpieces in the Turkish fashion.

Burgonet in Oriental Fashion, Steel, gold, bronze, glass, German, probably Augsburg

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Burgonet in Oriental Fashion, Steel, gold, bronze, glass, German, probably Augsburg
Burgonet in Oriental Fashion, Steel, gold, bronze, glass, German, probably Augsburg
Burgonet in Oriental Fashion, Steel, gold, bronze, glass, German, probably Augsburg

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