Estimate
€ 7.000 - 10.000
Sold
€ 12.500
The price includes buyer's premium
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Turchia
length 82.5 cm.
Wide, curved, single-and false-edged blade made of damask, with short and narrow groove under the back. With a gold cartouche with Arabic inscriptions on the right side, at the base, saying "ma shaía Allah" (Whatever God wills), other inscriptions with the Qurían's Surah along the groove. Remains of a cartouche with a barely-legible inscription on the other side. Wide back with copper inlays and with cannelure along the segment of the groove. Handle covered with gilded copper foil on both sides and enriched with filigree spirals, studded with corals and small cabochon turquoises. Wooden scabbard covered and decorated en suite on the front side. The rear part made of gilt-copper foil embossed with mosques and floral motifs. Two bands of elliptical shape on both sides and, unlike the rest of the scabbard, enriched with cabochon also at the back. One of the two rings missing. Other missing parts and small defects.
Please note: Finarte customers for this auction must register with Czerny's
This is an independent auction from Finarte and as such is managed entirely in Sarzana by Czerny's.
An exhibition featuring all lots presented will anticipate the sale, during it the director and the staff of the auction house will be available to provide any additional information or guidance; the exhibition gives clients the opportunity to examine the authenticity, the attribution, the provenance, the state of preservation, the type and the quality of any piece presented and, where necessary, to suggest corrections to inaccuracies found in the catalogue. Before taking part in the auction, everyone interested in buying a lot undertakes to inspect it accurately, if necessary with the support of an expert, in order to assess the features mentioned above. Once sold, the auction house does not accept any claims; the seller and Czerny’s International Auction House will have no responsibility for any error or omission included in the catalogue.
A. Any condition statement is given as a courtesy to the client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Czerny’s International Auction House has no responsibility for any error or omission. The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free form wear and tear, imperfections or the effect of aging.
B. Colors shown in these pictures may vary slightly from actual items due to different screen settings.
C. The dates given for metallic cartridge breechloading firearms may refer to the (probable) patent/model date, and not the manufacture date.
length 82.5 cm.
Wide, curved, single-and false-edged blade made of damask, with short and narrow groove under the back. With a gold cartouche with Arabic inscriptions on the right side, at the base, saying "ma shaía Allah" (Whatever God wills), other inscriptions with the Qurían's Surah along the groove. Remains of a cartouche with a barely-legible inscription on the other side. Wide back with copper inlays and with cannelure along the segment of the groove. Handle covered with gilded copper foil on both sides and enriched with filigree spirals, studded with corals and small cabochon turquoises. Wooden scabbard covered and decorated en suite on the front side. The rear part made of gilt-copper foil embossed with mosques and floral motifs. Two bands of elliptical shape on both sides and, unlike the rest of the scabbard, enriched with cabochon also at the back. One of the two rings missing. Other missing parts and small defects.
Please note: Finarte customers for this auction must register with Czerny's
This is an independent auction from Finarte and as such is managed entirely in Sarzana by Czerny's.
An exhibition featuring all lots presented will anticipate the sale, during it the director and the staff of the auction house will be available to provide any additional information or guidance; the exhibition gives clients the opportunity to examine the authenticity, the attribution, the provenance, the state of preservation, the type and the quality of any piece presented and, where necessary, to suggest corrections to inaccuracies found in the catalogue. Before taking part in the auction, everyone interested in buying a lot undertakes to inspect it accurately, if necessary with the support of an expert, in order to assess the features mentioned above. Once sold, the auction house does not accept any claims; the seller and Czerny’s International Auction House will have no responsibility for any error or omission included in the catalogue.
A. Any condition statement is given as a courtesy to the client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Czerny’s International Auction House has no responsibility for any error or omission. The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free form wear and tear, imperfections or the effect of aging.
B. Colors shown in these pictures may vary slightly from actual items due to different screen settings.
C. The dates given for metallic cartridge breechloading firearms may refer to the (probable) patent/model date, and not the manufacture date.