Balkan Kilij

[ariel]

Haven't shown some of my newer stuff in a while.
So, here it is.


Ottomans had their weapons seeded all over their Empire.
Here is Balkan Kilij 19 century.
Everything is brass clad. Blade decorations are remarkably similar to Sarajevo work ( see fragment of an unrelated dagger with Sarajevo written on it).
One side of the handle has an " emerald " ( most likely just glass) inserted into the pommel, but on the other side it is lost.

Blade has pretty crude silver koftgari, with major losses, no name , no date, but an iranian-inspired snake / dragon. Blade is also pretty crude: hammer indentations are all over.
This sword was not made for a local rich pasha, but for a pretty minor functionary, who wanted to look important:-)