A PARCEL-GILT SILVER AND NIELLO KINDJAL, MARKED OSMAN, CAUCASUS, 19TH CENTURY
Of typical form, the hilt and scabbard finely worked with dense floral arabesques and beads, the mounts and the reverse of the scabbard with niello decoration, the hilt with applied bosses, marked on blade
213⁄8 in. (54.3 cm.) long
Please note this lot is the property of a private individual.
Provenance
Vyacheslav Grigorevich Naumenko (1883-1979), ataman of the Kuban Cossack voisko elected in 1920.
Nicholas Nazarenko, son-in-law of the above.
Helen Nazarenko-Bowden, daughter of the above.
Acquired from the above by the previous owner.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 28 November 2011, lot 268.
Acquired at the above by the present owner.
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Of typical form, the hilt and scabbard finely worked with dense floral arabesques and beads, the mounts and the reverse of the scabbard with niello decoration, the hilt with applied bosses, marked on blade
213⁄8 in. (54.3 cm.) long
Please note this lot is the property of a private individual.
Provenance
Vyacheslav Grigorevich Naumenko (1883-1979), ataman of the Kuban Cossack voisko elected in 1920.
Nicholas Nazarenko, son-in-law of the above.
Helen Nazarenko-Bowden, daughter of the above.
Acquired from the above by the previous owner.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 28 November 2011, lot 268.
Acquired at the above by the present owner.