AN OTTOMAN STEEL SWORD SHAMSHIR

AN OTTOMAN STEEL SWORD SHAMSHIR

TURKEY, LATE 18TH / EARLY 19TH CENTURY

with a curved watered steel 27.5in blade, and gold koftgari decoration to each side comprising panels with Arabic text from Qur'an, sura II, al-baqarah, part of verse 249 separating flowering foliate scrolls, with brass cross piece with bud-terminal quillons and slender langets, horn grip with bulbous hooked terminal

83.5cm long

Provenance

Formerly in the collection of the late Oliver Hoare (1945-2018).