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Here is a link to the video about the Türckische Cammer:
http://www.skdmuseum.de/en/museums-i...mer/index.html I think that the opening of this permanent exhibition in Dresden is a unique event and I am really happy about it. |
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Thank you for sharing the link. Would love to visit this exhibition. Just the video preview alone made my mouth water from all the beautiful swords, guns, etc. And the provenance can't get any better! Well worth a visit to view quality early material!
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Love the stuff! Vielen Dank!
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I got the book. Gorgeous thing. But I was disappointed: virtually all swords show only handles and fragments of scabbards. Only a couple of daggers and only one saber ( a gorgeous Tatar one!) show full blades. It is more an art book than a sword one.
Also, interestingly, the blades are very clean, well polished but none are etched. Most of them must be wootz-y, but nobody bothered to reveal the pattern. Was it a philosophy of the museum or just naivete? |
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There are two books really: the full catalogue and a shorter paperback edition. I am going to look through them (and buy one) at the museum in the nearest future. I hope that in the large book full blades will be shown more frequently...
You will find no wootz pattern on any of the blades in this collection, that's true... I think it has something to do with the museum conservation methods. But no rust either :-) Interesting, that Japanese blades from the same period in the same museum still show their hamon and hada... |
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By the way, Wallace Collection is working on a new book covering ALL Islamic weapons in their Oriental Rooms. It WILL be a fantastic cataloque for sure. The work has already begun and we will see it in a year or two. |
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Great news, Alex!
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I just received the German language catalog of the collection by Holger Schuckelt. There are some magnificent pieces pictured and described in the book. For what it represents, the book it a definite bargain. It's a shame it's only in German. Were it in English , I'm sure it'd be an international best-seller.
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