bow identification ..
Hi all,
I am posting some photos of a friends asiatic bow, can you by looking at the photos give me any info on how old it might be and where it was probably made.It has been in her well travelled family for at least 20 years, this m afraid is all I know.
I am posting some photos of a friends asiatic bow, can you by looking at the photos give me any info on how old it might be and where it was probably made.It has been in her well travelled family for at least 20 years, this m afraid is all I know.
morer photos
It is a Turkish bow, probably 19th c.
Adam
Adam
The Master has spoken.
Thank you Adam, the family who own the bow had two relations that were british officers in the Crimean War, .. be nice to think it was brought back from that campaign.
Looks like some pronounced compression fractures on the left limb.