|
Successors of the Roman, Byzantine, and Arabian Empires, the Ottoman reigned for six centuries. They ruled the Mediterranean Sea and the North Africa. It was not only a political and military domination, but also an unforgettable flowery of all arts, a golden age of the whole XVIth century, involving all kind of craftsmen coming from Iran, Syria, Egypt...
|
|
Ottoman court dagger with gilded scabbard and hilt
|
|
Read more...
|
|
Knife from the island of Crete with engraved blade and gilding
|
|
Read more...
|
|
|
|
|
|