A Very Rare and Fine Quiver or ‘Arrow’ Case

Object Description

A Very Rare and Fine Quiver or ‘Arrow’ Case
Wood, metal, polychrome; red and teal, gilt
Venice or Ottoman Empire
17th Century

Size: 66cm high, 11cm wide, 6cm deep (max) – 26 ins high, 4¼ ins wide, 2¼ ins deep (max)

Object History

Provenance:
Ex Private collection Vienna
Ex Private collection

Object Literature

note:
For an example of an Ottoman quiver / arrow case dated to the late 16th century with a removable lid, painted in red and green with gilt (inventory of the vault under the ‘New Cabinet’, 1727, cabinet no. 6, no. 499. catalogue; Ingolstadt, 1979, pp. 133, no. 78), Exhibition catalogue, Schloss Friedrichstein, Kassel, Germany.

The rarity of our quiver case is evident in that so far only one other example has been found, in the Schloss Friedrichstein collection, mentioned above. Our attribution to either Venice or the Ottoman Empire can be intertwined of course; both places influenced each other with designs, together with a movement of craftsmen in either direction, during the flourishing creativity and explosion in making of arms, armour and their associated pieces during the Renaissance. The case has an attachment to the reverse for hanging from a belt or more likely a shoulder strap.

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