A rare Ottoman bowcase with engraved metal fittings, Turkey, circa 17th century

the red velvet-covered leather bowcase with various engraved silver-gilt fittings, border of small cusped cartouches and palmettes, larger chandelier-form fittings, replacement central medallion engraved with stylised leaf motif

overall in good condition. some patination to the metal fittings. leather and velvet slightly stained due to age, as viewed.
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This bowcase is from the same workshop as the quiver and bowcase PI.95 in War and Peace, Istanbul, 1999, from the Schaffgotsch collections in Cieplice now at the National Museum in Poznan, Poland, since 1952, inv. nos. Rw 1137/1 and Rw 1138 respectively.