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An Ottoman lacquered horn and wood bow by Zühdi, together with twelve arrows Turkey, dated AH 1265/ AD 1848-49(13) image 1
An Ottoman lacquered horn and wood bow by Zühdi, together with twelve arrows Turkey, dated AH 1265/ AD 1848-49(13) image 2
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An Ottoman lacquered horn and wood bow by Zühdi, together with twelve arrows
Turkey, dated AH 1265/ AD 1848-49
(13)

25 October 2021, 11:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £7,650 inc. premium

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An Ottoman lacquered horn and wood bow by Zühdi, together with twelve arrows
Turkey, dated AH 1265/ AD 1848-49

of typical form, decorated in green, red and gilt with a roundel containing a crescent flanked by foliate interlace to the grips, the inner face with floral sprays and inscriptions, the outer face at each end with an inscription-filled cartouche, the twelve arrows with varying steel tips
59 cm. max.(13)

Footnotes

Inscriptions: 'Work of Zühdi, year 1265', 'Gilded by Raghib, year 1283 (1866-67 AD)'.

A comparable bow dated to the 18th century is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (35.113.1a–oo).

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