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A GILT AND PAINTED WOOD TURBAN STAND (KAVUKLUK)
A GILT AND PAINTED WOOD TURBAN STAND (KAVUKLUK)
A GILT AND PAINTED WOOD TURBAN STAND (KAVUKLUK)
A GILT AND PAINTED WOOD TURBAN STAND (KAVUKLUK)
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A GILT AND PAINTED WOOD TURBAN STAND (KAVUKLUK)

OTTOMAN TURKEY, EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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A GILT AND PAINTED WOOD TURBAN STAND (KAVUKLUK)
OTTOMAN TURKEY, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
The back panel carved with a central vase issuing floral sprays flanked by two columns, pierced rococo border, the shelf supported by a single bracket, some losses
36in. (91.3cm.) high
Provenance
Georges Zarifi (1807-84), Athens
Thence by descent, Private Collection, Athens, until 2022

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Lot Essay

Georges Zarifi (Georgios Y. Zariphis), was a prominent banker and financier to the Ottoman court during the reign of Sultan Abdul Hamid II (r. 1842-1918). Zarifi amassed an impressive collection of Ottoman art and received many works of art as gifts from the Sultan himself whose tumultuous reign saw several financial crises.

A similar turban stand is in the Topkapi Palace Museum, Istanbul (M. Kleiterp & C. Huygens, Istanbul: The City and the Sultan, Amsterdam, 2007, no.137, p.137).

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