19th Jun, 2025 12:00
Arts of India and the Islamic Lands
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AN OTTOMAN HORN-HILTED GOLD-DAMASCENED STEEL KILIJ SWORD
Ottoman Turkey or Near East, the blade dated 1128 AH (1716 AD)
AN OTTOMAN HORN-HILTED GOLD-DAMASCENED STEEL KILIJ SWORD
Ottoman Turkey or Near East, the blade dated 1128 AH (1716 AD)
With a broad curved single-edged steel blade with thicker tip, inlaid in gold with a six-pointed star bearing the date 1128, vegetal scrollwork, and a stylised tabarzin axe head with typical crescentic cutting edge, the pistol grip hilt fitted with two carved horn plaques, with an incised white metal T-shaped quillon, the hilt and the quillon possibly a later marriage with the blade.
84cm long
Estimated at £800 - £1,200
AN OTTOMAN HORN-HILTED GOLD-DAMASCENED STEEL KILIJ SWORD
Ottoman Turkey or Near East, the blade dated 1128 AH (1716 AD)
With a broad curved single-edged steel blade with thicker tip, inlaid in gold with a six-pointed star bearing the date 1128, vegetal scrollwork, and a stylised tabarzin axe head with typical crescentic cutting edge, the pistol grip hilt fitted with two carved horn plaques, with an incised white metal T-shaped quillon, the hilt and the quillon possibly a later marriage with the blade.
84cm long
Auction: Arts of India and the Islamic Lands, 19th Jun, 2025
Our specialist auction Arts of India and the Islamic Lands is now online for you to browse, peruse and fall in love with your next antique.
Among the highlights, this sale vaunts a remarkable selection of Rajput Schools paintings and an illustrated loose folio from a Timurid Haft Paykar series, all part of a private Canadian collection; several gem-studded Indian necklaces, treasured heirlooms of a local family; a notable group of Islamic manuscripts, including a geomantic tome attributed to the Nubian alchemist Dhul-Nun al-Misri; and several lots of Persian Qajar lacquer belonging to the heir of a British diplomatic family in office under Sir Denis Wright in Tehran between 1971 - 1973.
Our selected lots preview starts next week, on Tuesday 3rd June, and the full view is going to take place from Friday 13th June until the sale day.
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13th June - 10:00 - 17:00
14th June - 11:00 - 16:00
15th June - 11:00 - 16:00
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