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Lot 118

An Ottoman Silver-Hilted Karabella
The Blade Dated 917 A.H. Corresponding To 1511 A.D., The Hilt Probably 18th Century

26 November 2014, 10:30 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

£10,000 - £15,000

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An Ottoman Silver-Hilted Karabella
The Blade Dated 917 A.H. Corresponding To 1511 A.D., The Hilt Probably 18th Century

With curved blade (some pitting overall) double-edged towards the point and cut with two narrow fullers along the back over most of its length on each side, the upper fuller interrupted by the yelman, the forte on one side inlaid in gold (minor losses) with the Qur'anic verse 'Wherever one turns God is ever present. He hears all and knows all' in thulth script, and with a circular cartouche below reading 'In God I trust' in kufic script, the latter between two rectangular panels containing further kufic inscriptions and against a ground of gold-inlaid arabesques, hilt in 16th century Timurid style comprising downcurved quillons each with dragon-head terminal cast and chased in the round, quillon-block with pointed langets and engraved with a cartouche on each side containing a symmetrical arrangement of arabesques against a punched ground, the grip and beaked pommel decorated en suite
82 cm. blade

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