An Aqqoyunlu Turban Helmet from The Saint Irene Arsenal, Eastern Anatolia or Northwest Persia, Late 15th Century
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April 29, 12:32 PM GMT
Estimate
150,000 - 250,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
the base of cylindrical form rising to a swollen band of vertical flutes narrowing to a pointed apex, with indents for eyes and eight suspension loops for mail, engraved and silver overlaid with inscriptions in a loose thuluth against a spiral vine ground, with Saint Irene arsenal mark above the right eye, the nose guard plain
33cm.
Sotheby's London, 19 February 1973, lot 178
N. Samuel Collection
Hew Kennedy Collection
Philippe Missillier Collection, London, by 1988, no.20C
Howard Ricketts Ltd., 1972, no.34
H. Ricketts and P. Missillier, Splendeur des Armes Orientales, Paris: Acte-Expo, 1988, pp.22-23, no.10
inscriptions
At the top:
al-‘izz al-mawlana al-sultan al-azam
‘Glory [to] our Lord, the Greatest Sultan’
At the bottom:
al-‘izz al-da’im wal-iqbal wal-dawla al-sultan khaqan wal-mu‘azzim wal-khalifa al-muwalid
‘Perpetual glory and prosperity and wealth. The Sultan, [the] mighty Khaqan and the Caliph…’
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