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Lot 44

Two Ottoman Shaffrons
16th/Early 17th Century

25 November 2015, 14:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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Two Ottoman Shaffrons
16th/Early 17th Century

Each formed from a single piece of russet steel, boxed-in over each side of the muzzle, widening over the forehead and with a narrow flange over the eyes, embossed with a V-shaped medial ridge terminating in a T-shape at the top, and with an embossed triangular motif above on the pate extension, the edges pierced with small holes for lining (pitting and minor damage, peaks missing) (2)
50 cm. and 51.3 cm.

Footnotes

A large group of similar shaffrons are in the Askeri Museum, Istanbul, see Robert Hales, Islamic And Oriental Arms And Armour..., 2013, p. 331, fig. 799. For another example sold in these rooms see Antique Arms and Armour, 6 April 2006, lot 76

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