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ARMS AND ARMOUR FROM THE COLLECTION OF HOWARD RICKETTS
A MAMLUK LANCE HEAD
EGYPT OR SYRIA, LATE 14TH OR 15TH CENTURY
Details
A MAMLUK LANCE HEAD
EGYPT OR SYRIA, LATE 14TH OR 15TH CENTURY
Of triple-edged form, the socket with spiral fluting, St Irene Armoury mark at the base of the point
16 ½in. (41.7cm.) long
EGYPT OR SYRIA, LATE 14TH OR 15TH CENTURY
Of triple-edged form, the socket with spiral fluting, St Irene Armoury mark at the base of the point
16 ½in. (41.7cm.) long
Provenance
Ottoman arsenal, Hagia Irene, Istanbul, by 1826
Literature
Howard Ricketts and David Sulzberger, Islamic Military Heritage, Nine centuries of Islamic arms and armour, Riyadh, 1991, p.15, no. 37
Exhibited
Islamic Military Heritage: Nine centuries of Islamic Arms and Armour, Riyadh, 1991
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Phoebe Jowett Smith
Sale Coordinator & Cataloguer