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An Ottoman engraved ostrich egg hanging ornament by Hasan Fehmi Effendi Turkey, dated Muharram 1278/July 1861 image 1
An Ottoman engraved ostrich egg hanging ornament by Hasan Fehmi Effendi Turkey, dated Muharram 1278/July 1861 image 2
Lot 65

An Ottoman engraved ostrich egg hanging ornament by Hasan Fehmi Effendi
Turkey, dated Muharram 1278/July 1861

6 October 2015, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

£2,000 - £3,000

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An Ottoman engraved ostrich egg hanging ornament by Hasan Fehmi Effendi
Turkey, dated Muharram 1278/July 1861

profusely engraved and inlaid with black and red composition with a series of interlocking arched cartouches and roundels containing inscriptions, architectural scenes, a steam train, a soldier, a stalk and a dervish, with gilt copper (tombak) mounts to each end
18 cm. high

Footnotes

Inscriptions: an Arabic qasidah, (not fully deciphered or identified); figures identified as, 'First qasidah', 'Arabic', 'Dervish' and 'Ostrich egg'; on the top, 'Drawn by Hasan Fehmi Effendi .... In 17 m [Muharram?], year 1278 (25 July 1861)'.

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