AN OTTOMAN GEM-SET JADE-HILTED DAGGER AND SCABBARD, DATED 991 AH/1583 AD, TURKEY, 16TH CENTURY AND LATER

AN OTTOMAN GEM-SET JADE-HILTED DAGGER AND SCABBARD, DATED 991 AH/1583 AD, TURKEY, 16TH CENTURY AND LATER

the narrow tapering steel blade chiselled with an openwork design of scrolling split-palmettes decorated with overlaid gold tendrils, the forte with a gem-set palmette, the dark green jade hilt inlaid with gold split-palmettes, floral gem-set pommel, the hilt decorated ensuite with gold strapwork and inscription in relief terminating in a foliate openwork gem-set chape

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29cm.

Condition Report:
In good condition overall, some small chips in coloured stones and discoloration of foiling to reverse and some probably replaced at a later period, the gold inlay in hilt with very minor sections missing, very slight oxidisation to blade, as viewed.

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Provenance:
Sotheby’s London, 24 October 2007, lot 270.