Epée ottomane en acier à poignée en ivoire marin serti de corail (yataghan), Turquie circa 1800
An Ottoman walrus ivory-hilted coral-set steel sword (yataghan), Turkey, circa 1800
the single-edged steel blade of tapering form, with walrus-ivory grips, the forte and backstrap of gilt silver set with coral (corallium rubrum), the wood scabbard clad in red velvet with silver mounts worked in repoussé with scrolling foliate motifs
44 cm. long
Footnotes:
Provenance
Property from a Royal Collection.

For a comparable example sold at Bonhams, San Francisco, see Antique Arms and Armour and Modern Sporting Guns, 9 November 2015, Lot 4031.
This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y
Y Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the EU, see clause 13.