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Dick Osseman | all galleries >> Istanbul >> Museums - Müzeler >> Istanbul - Naval Museum or Deniz Müzesi > Istanbul Naval Museum May 2014 8336.jpg
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27-May-2014 Dick Osseman

Istanbul Naval Museum May 2014 8336.jpg

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Imperial caique belonging to the reign of Sultan Reşat (1909-1918), 7 pairs of oars. She is built with carvel planking and has a straight bow and fantail stern. The outer edging is adorned with floral patterns in relief inlaid with gold leaf and hand-drawn medaillons with the star and crescent. Twisted branches continue along the inner edging. The partition separating the place of the sultan from the place of the oarsmen is decorated with oyster, wildflowers, seeds, roses, large stylized leaves, medaillons in the middle of which there are pine cones and wreath in relief. Length 14,00 m., width 2,40 m.

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