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A Miniature Matchlock PistolUnsigned, Edo Period
22 April 2009, 13:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £660 inc. premium
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Unsigned, Edo Period
Unsigned, Edo Period
With tapering octagonal barrel inlaid in gold with geometric and line decoration, flared octagonal muzzle, gilt block back-sight and gilt fore-sight, silver back-action lock with silver-encrusted serpentine (pan-cover missing), black lacquered full stock (fore-end incomplete along one side) lacquered in two-colour gold with scrolls, waves and flowerheads within geometric designs, silver trigger, butt-cap and partly gilt medial band, and later white-metal suspension loop
5.5 cm.
5.5 cm.








