Topkapi Tiger
by Weston Westmoreland
Title
Topkapi Tiger
Artist
Weston Westmoreland
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Photograph - Photograph
Description
Ottoman statue of a tiger, Topkapi Palace, Istanbul, Turkey,
Detail of one of the cast iron tigers protecting the palaces in the Fourth Courtyard, in Topkapi Palace, the innermost private sanctuary of the sultan and his family.
There are two pairs of cast iron felines in this courtyard, two lions and two tigers, all of them roaring, and sculpted by Henri Alfred Jacquemart.
More images of the Roman, Ottoman and Byzantine capital one copy-paste away at https://weston-westmoreland.pixels.com/collections/istanbul
Weston Westmoreland
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October 14th, 2019
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