album;
painting
- Museum number
- 1974,0617,0.12.1.25
- Title
- Object: Costumes Turcs Vol I
- Description
-
Painting (watercolour). Folio 25 from an album showing Turkish costume. Ser katibi, the Sultan's confidential secretary, who followed the Sultan in processions carrying his writing materials in a gold embroidered bag. Wearing a turban, with a dark green cap. His badge of office, a pencase (divit), is tucked in his belt and he carries a blue and gold bag slung over his shoulder by a gold strap. Pink kaftan with turned-back white cuffs.
- Production date
- 1790 (circa)
- $Inscriptions
-
- Curator's comments
- Turban similar to f22 (1974,0617,0.12.1.22)
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1974
- Acquisition notes
- Transferred from the Department of Oriental Manuscripts and Printed Books (OMPB).
- Department
- Middle East
- Registration number
- 1974,0617,0.12.1.25
- Additional IDs
-
Miscellaneous number: 22367 (British Library Reference)