Epée ottomane en acier et argent (yataghan), Turquie et France...
PROPERTY FROM A ROYAL COLLECTION
Epée ottomane en acier et argent (yataghan), Turquie et France pour la poignée, XVIII-XIXe siècle
An Ottoman silver-mounted steel sword (yataghan) with French hilt, Turkey and France, 18th/19th Century
the single-edged steel blade with engraved decoration, including inscription-filled cartouche to one side, stamped maker's mark to one side, the wood grips with repoussé silver mounts, the wood scabbard clad in silver decorated in repoussé with rococo designs
59 cm. long
Provenance
Property from a Royal Collection.
Inscriptions: part of a Turkish couplet, zabindan (zarbindan) bu bicagin ... dushman...intikam ..., 'from the blow of this knife ... the enemy ... revenge ...'; the maker's mark possibly amel-i 'ali, 'work of 'Ali.'
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PROPERTY FROM A ROYAL COLLECTION
Epée ottomane en acier et argent (yataghan), Turquie et France pour la poignée, XVIII-XIXe siècle
An Ottoman silver-mounted steel sword (yataghan) with French hilt, Turkey and France, 18th/19th Century
the single-edged steel blade with engraved decoration, including inscription-filled cartouche to one side, stamped maker's mark to one side, the wood grips with repoussé silver mounts, the wood scabbard clad in silver decorated in repoussé with rococo designs
59 cm. long
Provenance
Property from a Royal Collection.
Inscriptions: part of a Turkish couplet, zabindan (zarbindan) bu bicagin ... dushman...intikam ..., 'from the blow of this knife ... the enemy ... revenge ...'; the maker's mark possibly amel-i 'ali, 'work of 'Ali.'
