A CORAL AND TURQUOISE-SET SWORD (KILIÇ) AND SCABBARD OTTOMAN BLACK...
A CORAL AND TURQUOISE-SET SWORD (KILIÇ) AND SCABBARD
OTTOMAN BLACK SEA COAST, 18TH CENTURY
The single-edged watered steel blade with false edge with gold overlaid inscription against a vegetal ground along the length of the blade, a lobed drop-shaped cartouche containing an inscription on each side, the spine similarly overlaid, the gilt-copper hilt set with numerous striated red coral droplets and cabochon turquoises, with two carved and gilded turquoises, the wooden scabbard entirely covered in gilt-copper and decorated en-suite
32in. (81.3 cm.) long without scabbard
Provenance
Down the blade, a Turkish couplet, with mistakes, zülfikar-ı tığ ile sahibkıransın ya ‘ali / şah-ı merdan şir-i yezdan kahramansın ya ‘ali, ‘With the sword Dhu’l-Faqar you are the Lord of the Auspicious Conjunction, O ‘Ali, / You are the King of Men, the Lion of God, the Hero, O ‘Ali!’
In the cartouche, tawakkaltu ‘ala allah, ‘I put my trust in God’
In the roundel on the reverse, Qur’an LXI, sura al-saf, v.13 (in part)
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A CORAL AND TURQUOISE-SET SWORD (KILIÇ) AND SCABBARD
OTTOMAN BLACK SEA COAST, 18TH CENTURY
The single-edged watered steel blade with false edge with gold overlaid inscription against a vegetal ground along the length of the blade, a lobed drop-shaped cartouche containing an inscription on each side, the spine similarly overlaid, the gilt-copper hilt set with numerous striated red coral droplets and cabochon turquoises, with two carved and gilded turquoises, the wooden scabbard entirely covered in gilt-copper and decorated en-suite
32in. (81.3 cm.) long without scabbard
Provenance
Down the blade, a Turkish couplet, with mistakes, zülfikar-ı tığ ile sahibkıransın ya ‘ali / şah-ı merdan şir-i yezdan kahramansın ya ‘ali, ‘With the sword Dhu’l-Faqar you are the Lord of the Auspicious Conjunction, O ‘Ali, / You are the King of Men, the Lion of God, the Hero, O ‘Ali!’
In the cartouche, tawakkaltu ‘ala allah, ‘I put my trust in God’
In the roundel on the reverse, Qur’an LXI, sura al-saf, v.13 (in part)
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Time, Location
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