Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - Sword with Persian style decoration in the Topkapi Saray

B.I · 21st June 2005, 02:53 PM

i'm afraid not aqtai, giorgio dondi specualtes a date of 16th/17thC.
the blade is watered and he thinks it persian. the sword itself was a gift to Vittorio Emanuele III on his diplomatic mission to yemen (i think, its all in italian)

21st June 2005, 02:53 PM	#11
B.I Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 485	i'm afraid not aqtai, giorgio dondi specualtes a date of 16th/17thC. the blade is watered and he thinks it persian. the sword itself was a gift to Vittorio Emanuele III on his diplomatic mission to yemen (i think, its all in italian) Attached Images