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A Highly Decorated Ottoman KilijBLack Sea Coast, Probably Trabzon, 19th Century
26 November 2014, 10:30 GMT
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £5,625 inc. premium
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A Highly Decorated Ottoman Kilij
BLack Sea Coast, Probably Trabzon, 19th Century
BLack Sea Coast, Probably Trabzon, 19th Century
With broad curved blade fullered over most of its length on each side and double-edged towards the point in front of the yelman, the latter and the back of the blade at the forte retaining some gold-damascened arabesques, gilt-copper hilt comprising downcurved quillons with bluntly-pointed langets, and grip of oval section with pommel of rounded form, decorated overall with fluted ovoidal red corals (corallium rubrum) and turquoise beads (minor losses and replacements), in original wood-lined scabbard with two suspension mounts, one carrying a ring for suspension, the outer side set with corals and turquoises en suite with the hilt (those on the inside of each suspension mount replaced), the inner side embossed and chased with diamond-shaped panels of flower-heads and foliage centred on a mosque with crescent-topped domes and minarets, all against a finely punched ground
73 cm. blade
73 cm. blade
Footnotes
For two similar examples sold in these Rooms see Antique Arms & Armour..., 28 July 2010, lot 38 and 27 November 2013, lot 38
See Robert Hales, Islamic And Oriental Arms and Armour..., 2013, p. 209, nos. 507 and 508








