This beautiful harness of armor is blackened with embossed Fleur-de-Lis and floral designs on the major components with embossed facial designs on the elbow and knee cops which are all highlighted in a gold finish, along with the edges of the lames and the floral rivet bosses. The outer edges are roped. The armet helmet also has floral and Fleur-de-Lis embossed designs along with roped edges and dark purple feather plumes. The anime breast plate is in the style of Caremolo Madrone and is comprised of 9 lames with a Fleur-de-Lis at the top center. The gauntlets have fully articulating fingers and also feature Fleur-de-Lis embossed designs. There is a dark purple velvet fringe attached to the backside of most of the components. The sabatons also have an embossed Fleur-de-Lis on the fronts and have riveted spurs on the backside with pierced cross shaped rowels. With a 102 1/2 inch tall ceremonial or decorative Chinese spear having a 37 1/2 inch unsharpened cast brass head with geometrical designs and Chinese writing. This harness is mounted on a stand and measures 75 inches tall x 22 inches wide x 19 inches deep and has a 12 1/2 inch tall x 22 inch wide x 22 inch deep two-step walnut base with carved floral scroll designs. A highly detailed and desirable suit of armor smithed in the 20th century by a master craftsman in the style of Felippo Negroli. Provenance: The William Ashby Collection

Fine, the suit retains most of the blackening with a brown aged patina on the remainder with some small areas of wear. There are some scattered minor dings, dents and spotting/pitting overall. Much of the original gold finish remains with some minor touch ups overall. There is a weld repair on the front of the helmet wrapper with a small hole at the chin. Most of the components retain almost all of the replacement purple velvet tassels. The replacement leather straps are good with some stretching and age cracks. The walnut base is very good with some scattered wear and a few pieces of trim have started to pull away. The spear is very good with some verdigris and a protective coating overall.