Turkish / Saber / 19th Century

Turkish
Saber
19th Century
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Creator Nationality: Asian; Anatolian; Turkish
Creator Name-CRT: Turkish
Title: Saber
Title Type: Object name
View: Full View
Creation Start Date: 1800
Creation End Date: 1899
Creation Date: 19th Century
Object Type: Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Classification Term: Arms
Materials and Techniques: Steel, gold, diamonds, emeralds, pearls
Dimensions: L. 39 3/4 in. (101 cm)
AMICA Contributor: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Owner Location: New York, New York, USA
ID Number: 23.232.2
Credit Line: Gift of Giulia P. Morosini, in memory of her father, Giovanni P. Morosini, 1923
Rights: http://www.metmuseum.org/
Style or Period: Ottoman Period
Context:

In contrast to the European custom of coronation, the most important ceremony in the inauguration of most Islamic rulers was the investiture with a sword. This extravagantly decorated saber is traditionally said to have been made in 1876 for the investiture of the Ottoman sultan Murad V (r. May 30-August 31, 1876). He suffered a nervous breakdown before the ceremony and was subsequently deposed and kept a prisoner until his death in 1904.

The sword appears to have been fashioned by a court jeweler using a seventeenth-century Iranian blade, an eighteenth-century Indian jade grip, and gem-studded gold mounts of contemporary workmanship. Although of late manufacture, this sword symbolizes the wealth and love of ostentatious display that have been associated with the Ottoman court since the sixteenth century.

AMICA ID: MMA_.23.232.2
AMICA Library Year: 2000
Media Metadata Rights: Copyright The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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