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Lot 76

A Persian Decorative Flintlock Blunderbuss, A Nepalese Kora, And A Burmese Dha
The First Qajar, All 19th Century

23 May 2018, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £812.50 inc. premium

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A Persian Decorative Flintlock Blunderbuss, A Nepalese Kora, And A Burmese Dha
The First Qajar, All 19th Century

The first with eccentrically flared muzzle and etched with lightly silver-damascened Arabic inscriptions, chiselled breech, plain flat bevelled lock, varnished full stocks inlaid with brass wire and pellets, steel trigger-guard, butt-plate and saddle-bar, and no provision for a ramrod; the second with characteristic blade fluted along the back and curved to the wide brass-inlaid fish-tail point, tubular iron grip between disc-shaped guards and retaining the remains of its fabric wrapping, and compressed globular pommel cut with borders of chequering and fluting; the last with plain single-edged blade, the hilt with silver covered basal mount and garlic-shaped pommel (minor damage), and grip bound with plaited, twisted and plain silver wire, in original wood-lined silver scabbard with applied twisted silver wire ornament (minor losses)
The first 29.5 cm. barrel

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Provenance
The Stanley Knight Collection, Meaford, Ontario, Canada

Cf. a similar example to the first sold in these Rooms, Antique Arms & Armour..., 28 November 2012, lot 117

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