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English: Antique char-aina or charhar-aina (four mirrors), mirror armor over a coat of chainmail, Met museum. Date: second half 16th century Culture: Indo-Persian Medium: Steel, gold Classification: Armor Parts Credit Line: Bequest of George C. Stone, 1935 Accession Number: 36.25.18a–d

This exceptionally fine cuirass of watered steel is unusual in its use of octogonal plates decorated with fluting. The edges and central bosses are damascened in gold with Koranic inscriptions.

Cuirasses of this four plate construction are known in Persian as chahar-aeeneh (four mirrors). The term suggests the Talismanic value of the mirror in repelling evil.
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