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A 100-Bore Matchlock PistolSigned Shigeaki saku, Edo Period
6 April 2006, 13:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £3,600 inc. premium
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Signed Shigeaki saku, Edo Period
Signed Shigeaki saku, Edo Period
With octagonal sighted barrel the flared octagonal muzzle decorated with lines of gold and silver nunome, the remainder decorated overall in gold and silver with a band of key-pattern, Mount Fuji, a dragon amidst clouds, stylised waves and a Hiki-mon, silvered brass back-action lock engraved and punched with foliage, the iron serpentine inlaid in silver and gold with a Tama, silvered brass pan-cover en suite with the lock, cherrywood full stock (fore-end with minor repair on one side), silvered-brass button trigger, and wooden ramrod
18.1 cm. barrel
18.1 cm. barrel








