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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 9906464, member: 2844"]An Ottoman tughra mark, used until 1923.</p><p>Tughras are mostly associated with Turkey, but can also be found in culturally related parts of the Crimea and Kazan, and in parts of Central Asia and the former Mughal empire. Some Persian dynasties used tughras for a while, but Arabs didn't use tughras.</p><p>As far as I know, tughra silver marks are Ottoman, and this one is a good example.</p><p><br /></p><p>There used to be many Christians in Turkey, and there are still quite a few left. Some are Greek Orthodox, some are other Eastern churches.</p><p><br /></p><p>So this icon is more rare than a Russian icon, and a different style too, although recognizably traditional.</p><p>It is also more likely to be genuine than so many Russian icons.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I have a file with sultan's tughras somewhere. There are minute differences between them, so the devil is in the detail. If you clean this one up I can check whose it is, so you know the period.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 9906464, member: 2844"]An Ottoman tughra mark, used until 1923. Tughras are mostly associated with Turkey, but can also be found in culturally related parts of the Crimea and Kazan, and in parts of Central Asia and the former Mughal empire. Some Persian dynasties used tughras for a while, but Arabs didn't use tughras. As far as I know, tughra silver marks are Ottoman, and this one is a good example. There used to be many Christians in Turkey, and there are still quite a few left. Some are Greek Orthodox, some are other Eastern churches. So this icon is more rare than a Russian icon, and a different style too, although recognizably traditional. It is also more likely to be genuine than so many Russian icons.;) I have a file with sultan's tughras somewhere. There are minute differences between them, so the devil is in the detail. If you clean this one up I can check whose it is, so you know the period.[/QUOTE]
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