Epée Ottomane en acier à poignée en argent (shamshir), Turquie XIXe siècle A...
Epée Ottomane en acier à poignée en argent ( shamshir ), Turquie XIXe siècle An Ottoman silver-mounted steel sword ( shamshir ), Turkey, 19th Century the single-edged watered-steel blade with central fuller and yelman, decorated in gold overlay with inscriptions to the fuller, the silver-clad hilt with upwards scrolling quillons, engraved and decorated with floral motifs, the wood scabbard clad in leather with silver mounts decorated en suite, with metal thread embroidered tassel from suspension loop, the silver parts to sword and scabbard with tughra stamps 89.4 cm. long Footnotes: Provenance Property from a Royal Collection. Inscriptions: undeciphered with two tughras of Abulhamid II (r. 1876-1909) and a sahh ('authentic') mark. Indistinct probable owner's mark. An example of an Ottoman Balkan silver-mounted shamshir is in R. Hales, Islamic and Oriental Arms and Armour: A Lifetime's Passion , London, 2013, p. 214, cat. 524. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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