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AN OTTOMAN MOTHER-OF-PEARL AND TORTOISESHELL DECORATED STRINGED INSTRUMENT (KEMANCHE)

TURKEY, PROBABLY 19TH CENTURY

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AN OTTOMAN MOTHER-OF-PEARL AND TORTOISESHELL DECORATED STRINGED INSTRUMENT (KEMANCHE)
TURKEY, PROBABLY 19TH CENTURY
With flat wooden face and four strings, the neck and upper section together with the underside inlaid with designs of scrolling foliage and floral sprays
16in. (40.5cm.) long

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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium, which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

A Similar instrument is in the Museum für Volkerkunde, Berlin (Türkische Kunst und Kultur aus Osmanischer Zeit, Frankfurt-am-Main, 1985, vol.1, no, p.219). Two further examples were sold at Sotheby's, 12 April 1989, lot 207, and 11 October 1989, lot 242.

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