Vendors in the covered Bazaar, Constantinople

Preziosi often depicted the Kapalıçarşı or Grand bazaar. Here he shows a picturesque vendor of antiques, holding up small objects for sale, perhaps spoons, with a large yatağan or sabre held in his sash. Another version, also dated 1853, is in a private collection, Istanbul.
We are grateful to Briony Llewellyn and Charles Newton for their assistance in cataloguing the present lot.