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19th July 2014, 12:54 AM
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And another beauty
Hello,
Here is yet another gorgeous yataghan, possibly from the same workshop of Ahmed Tekelu. It's actually featured in the Furusiyya Foundation's collection. Dated 1500-1515. It exhibits the same phoenix and dragon in foliage theme. Attached the plates 56-57 from "The Arts of the Muslim Knight" Is it just me or does the blade look like wootz? The text refers to a 9th century Tang painting of a Turkish chieftain with "a long yataghan-like knife", shown in "Palace Museum" Taiwan, Ettinghausen 1963. has anyone run accros this painting? Emanuel |
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