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Preserving The Past
A Selection from the Sadberk Hanım Museum
16 November 2020 - 1 August 2021

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Hülya Bilgi

Meşher’s third exhibition, Preserving the Past, brings a selection of works from the Sadberk Hanım Museum, celebrating its 40th anniversary, to Beyoğlu. Curated by art historian and the museum’s director Hülya Bilgi, the exhibition offers a journey through the history of Anatolian civilizations with over 200 remarkable artifacts selected from the Archaeology and Turkish-Islamic Arts sections of the museum.

The Sadberk Hanım Museum is Turkey’s first private museum and this exhibition aims to present a glimpse of its collection, which expanded and diversified throughout four decades, to a wider audience. The story of a long time period, from the 6th millennium BC till the early 20th century, is told through a diverse selection of rare objects.

The extensive collection of the Sadberk Hanım Museum consists of the Archaeological and the Turkish-Islamic Arts sections. While the former offers a chronological journey through the Anatolian civilizations’ material culture with objects produced using terracotta, glass, metal and stone, the Turkish-Islamic Arts section encompasses the artifacts from the 8th century to the early years of the Republic of Turkey, and focuses particularly on the masterpieces of Ottoman art with objects like Iznik tiles, ship’s lantern, silk fabrics and shoes.

Preserving the Past: A Selection from the Sadberk Hanım Museum draws on the museum’s particular vision to preserve cultural heritage for the benefit of future generations and tells the story of creativity and mastery in the finest examples of art created by Anatolian civilizations and the Ottomans.

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Female figurine
Terracotta

Late Neolithic Age, 5700 BC

Hacılar, South-western Anatolia

Coin
 Electrum

Iron Age, 6th century BC

Western Anatolia, Lydian

Cuneiform rental contract
 Terracotta

Old Assyrian Period, 1800–1740 BC  

Figurine
 Marble

Early Bronze Age, mid–3rd millennium BC

Western Anatolia

Kantharos (Drinking cup)
 Terracotta

Classical Period, second half of 5th century BC

Greece, Boeotia

Bust of Philetairos
 Marble

Roman Period, 1st century AD

Tile
 Ottoman, Iznik, c. 1540–1545

Ship’s lantern
 Gilt copper

Ottoman, late 16th century

Letter wallet
 Silk fabric

Ottoman, İstanbul, dated 1748

Bundle wrapper
 Silk fabric

Ottoman Second half of 18th century

Calligraphic figure of a bird symbolising the Geylani (Kadiri) order
 Ottoman

Bridal outfit
 Satin, leather, satin ribbon, chiffon, beads, sequins

Ottoman, early 20th century 

Female figurine
Terracotta

Late Neolithic Age, 5700 BC

Hacılar, South-western Anatolia

Height 10.7 cm, width 10.3 cm

Inv. no. SHM 4604-HK.75

Coin
 Electrum Iron Age, 6th century BC

Western Anatolia, Lydian

Diameter 1.6 cm, weight 5.33 g

Inv. no. SHM 10253-S.429

Cuneiform rental contract
 Terracotta

Old Assyrian Period, 1800–1740 BC

Height 6.2 cm, width 5.4 cm Thickness 1.7 cm

Inv. no. SHM 5534-HK.1005

Figurine
 Marble

Early Bronze Age Mid–3rd millennium BC

Western Anatolia

Height 12.2 cm, width 5.3 cm

Inv. no. SHM 18078-ARK.1139

Kantharos (Drinking cup)
 Terracotta

Classical Period Second half of 5th century BC

Greece, Boeotia

Height 32.9 cm, diameter of rim 19.8 cm

Inv. no. SHM 5912-HK.1383

Bust of Philetairos
Marble

Roman Period, 1st century AD

Height 45 cm, width 33.9 cm

Inv. no. SHM 6851-HK.2322

Tile
 Ottoman, Iznik, c. 1540–1545

Height 24.3, width 25 cm

Inv. no. SHM 4201-İHK.1138 

Ship’s lantern
 Gilt copper

Ottoman, late 16th century (1590–1600)

Height 64 cm, diameter 47 cm

Inv. no. SHM 9029-M.936

Letter wallet
 Silk fabric

Ottoman, Istanbul, dated 1748

Width 22.5 cm, length 14.3 cm

Inv. no. SHM 18287-İ.1653 

Bundle wrapper
 Silk fabric

Ottoman Second half of 18th century

Width 130 cm, length 127 cm

Inv. no. SHM 10446-İ.1046 

Calligraphic figure of a bird symbolising the Geylani (Kadiri) order
 Dark beige paper, black ink, gold and paints of various colours

Ottoman, after a picture by Sheikh Mustafa Ahi el-Kadiri, AH 1311 (1893–94)

Length 40.5 cm, width 54.5 cm Writing field 31.2 x 45 cm; thuluth and ta‘liq hands

Inv. no. SHM 15622-Y.215

Bridal outfit
 Satin, leather, satin ribbon, chiffon, beads, sequins

Ottoman, early 20th century

Blouse length 48 cm, sleeve Front length of skirt 106 cm Back length of skirt 200 cm

Inv. no. SHM 12154-K.540 a,b; SHM 12196-K.549 a,b

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