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Ottoman kilij, blade:A.H. 957/ A.D. 1550–1551; mountings:18th century, steel, horn, wood, leather, gold, 37 in. (94 cm), bequest of George C. Stone, 1935, Met Museum.
Ottoman sword, 17th century. The nielloed silver mounts are typical of Ottoman weapons, although the use of lapis lazuli are rare. The straight European blade suggests that this cavalry weapon was carried in addition to the more usual curved saber. Pairs of weapons with straight and curved blades were common in eastern Europe in the seventeenth century. Bequest of George C. Stone, 1935 , The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Ottoman kilij (saber), 19th century. The blade is signed by its maker, Acem Oglu. The Arabic inscriptions decorating it include: "Oh from the gentle God whose gentleness is without end, You are the Powerful, we will love You in Your palace on the day of judgement." The foliate ornament on the guard and scabbard mounts shows the strong influence of European design in Turkish art of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Bequest of George C. Stone, 1935, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Arming Sword Dated: circa 1530-50 There’s a pair of faceted arms carrying at their head an inverted U-shaped bar ridged made en suite with the quillon terminals. The hilt of the sword is a variation of the Type 16 discussed in A.V.B. Norman, The Rapier and Small-Sword 1460-1820, London 1980, pp. 80-82. A sword with a very closely comparable hilt is alternatively given a Spanish late 15th century attribution by Oakeshott. Type XVIIIc
Ottoman kilij, 18th century, damascus steel blade, wood, turquoise, coral, emerald, gold Dimensions: L. 35 1/2 in. (90.2 cm), Met Museum.