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Source Description
This is a rare example of a 16th-century Turkish ivory hilt, delicately carved in relief with arabesque designs of interlacing foliage scrolls.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
19971
label
Dagger Handle
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obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
19971
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Dagger Handle
description
This is a rare example of a 16th-century Turkish ivory hilt, delicately carved in relief with arabesque designs of interlacing foliage scrolls.
provenance
Michel Boy, Paris, by purchase; Sale, Hotel Drouot, Paris, May 15, 1905, no. 337; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1905 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
mid 16th century (Early Modern)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Ivory & Bone
hilts
imageCount
1
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1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
10.6
height
4.6
depth
2.2
dimensionsRaw
4 3/16 x 1 13/16 x 7/8 in. (10.6 x 4.6 x 2.2 cm)
Source extras
cul
Ottoman
dynasty
Ottoman Dynasty
reign
Suleiman the Magnificent (r. 1520-1566)
med
walrus ivory
creator_ids
2431
collection_ids
ARM
ISL
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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