AN OTTOMAN POWDER FLASK Ottoman Turkey, 17th century...
AN OTTOMAN POWDER FLASK
Ottoman Turkey, 17th century
Of oval form, clad in stretched dark-brown leather, the front decorated with a central gold-damascened rosette filled with Chinese clouds motif, the conical spout also inlaid in gold and presenting an inscribed palmette and cusped cartouche, in the back the leather sawing in evidence and two steel hoops, 20cm x 18.5cm including the spout.
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AN OTTOMAN POWDER FLASK
Ottoman Turkey, 17th century
Of oval form, clad in stretched dark-brown leather, the front decorated with a central gold-damascened rosette filled with Chinese clouds motif, the conical spout also inlaid in gold and presenting an inscribed palmette and cusped cartouche, in the back the leather sawing in evidence and two steel hoops, 20cm x 18.5cm including the spout.