ID 932129
Lot 148 | AN OTTOMAN SADDLE
Estimate value
£ 15 000 – 20 000
TURKEY, LATE 18TH OR 19TH CENTURY
The wood and leather saddle with a padded seat and tall pommel and cantle, lined with red velvet decorated in metal-thread embroidered floral bouquet on the front of the pommel and back of cantle, the brass stirrups with pierced rosettes in base and lightly etched floral motifs on the exterior, red velvet and metal-thread embroidered saddle cloth with a cypress motif in each corner and border containing stars and crescent moons, a pair of saddle holsters and breastcollar harness decorated en suite with the saddle, the breastcollar with two gilt copper mounts on either end with cotton and metal thread tassels, with an associated red-velvet lined dagger sheath
Saddle 15 3/4in. (40cm.) long; saddle cloth 38 x 28 1/2in. (96.5 x 72 1/2in.); holster 13 1/4in. (33.6cm.) each; breastcollar 40 1/4in. (102.5cm.)
Provenance
By repute from the collection of the family of F. Bailey Vanderhoef, Jr. (1913-2008)
Special notice
This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
| Medium: | Textile |
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| Place of origin: | Asia, Ottoman Empire, Turkey |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Medium: | Textile |
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| Place of origin: | Asia, Ottoman Empire, Turkey |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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