A dark steel headpiece that is pointed at the top and slanted curving indented lines along the side. The bottom lip is flat except two arches at the center.
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A dark steel headpiece that is pointed at the top and shown upright on a white background. It is decorated with an engraved floral pattern at the top and very bottom. It also has thick slanted curving indented lines along the middle. The bottom lip is flat except two arches at the center.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1985.336
Title
Helmet
Classification
Armor
Work Type
armor
Date
15th century
Places
Creation Place: Middle East, Türkiye (Turkey)
Period
Ottoman period
Culture
Turkish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/213053

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Steel
Dimensions
28.2 x 21.3 cm (11 1/8 x 8 3/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Ahuan, London, through Oliver Hoare, 7 March 1980], sold; to Edwin Binney, 3rd, 1980, bequest; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1985.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, The Edwin Binney, 3rd Collection of Turkish Art at the Harvard Art Museums
Accession Year
1985
Object Number
1985.336
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Edwin Binney III, Turkish Treasures from the Collection of Edwin Binney, 3rd: 1981 Supplement to the 1979 catalogue, exh. cat., San Diego Museum of Art (San Diego, CA, 1981), p. 30

Exhibition History

  • The Edwin Binney 3rd Collection of Turkish Art at the Harvard University Art Museums, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 05/16/1987 - 08/02/1987
  • Arabesque, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 12/01/1990 - 03/24/1991
  • A Grand Legacy: Arts of the Ottoman Empire, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 10/09/1999 - 01/02/2000

Verification Level

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