AN OTTOMAN SABRE

TURKEY, 17TH CENTURY

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AN OTTOMAN SABRE
TURKEY, 17TH CENTURY
The curved single edged blade double-edged at the point and with gold encrusted naskh inscriptions along the back-edge on one side, the forte encrusted with gold stylised qur'anic rectilinear kufic inscription panels around two gold arabesque interlace roundels, one set with a cabochon red hardstone, the curved hilt comprising silver parcel-gilt nielloed quillon block with cast and chased lozenge decoration extending to bud-shaped terminals, the ribbed ebony grips inlaid with silver lines and pellets, later silver pommel-cap, traces of old corrosion on blade, quillons rubbed
36in. (91.5cm.) long

拍品專文

It is possible that blades such as this are the work of Armenian craftsmen working in Lwow in Poland. For a similarly decorated sabre blade and quillon block see Jarnuszkiewicz, Czeslaw: Sabla. Wschodnia I Jey Typy Narodowe, Londyn, 1973, no.68 "Szabla turecka z XVII w. Muzeum Narodowe, Krakow".