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Miniature Sword ("Kilij")

Conservation Exhibitions Provenance Credit

Conservation

Examined and cleaned for exhibition.

Date	Description	Narrative
12/31/1969	Treatment	cleaned; examined for condition
2/19/1963	Treatment	cleaned; coated
10/03/2001	Treatment	cleaned

Exhibitions

From Rye to Raphael: The Walters Story. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2014-2016.
Pearls on a String: Artists, Patrons, and Poets at the Great Islamic Courts. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; Asian Art Museum, San Francisco. 2015-2016.

Provenance Robert S. Pardo, Istanbul; purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1903; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters, 1903

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Creator

Turkish (Artist)

Period

late 18th-19th century (Ottoman)

Medium

blade: steel, inlaid with gold; hilt: serpentine, rubies (or spinels); sheath: gilded brass, diamonds, emeralds (or beryls), rubies (or spinels), garnets, sapphires
(Arms & Armor)

Accession Number

51.79

Measurements

Kilij L: 6 5/16 x W: 1 3/8 x D: 7/16 in. (16.03 x 3.49 x 1.08 cm); Scabbard L: 5 x W: 1 x D: 3/8 in. (12.7 x 2.54 x 0.91 cm)

Geographies

Turkey (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Centre Street: Third Floor: Islamic Arms and Armor