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Lot 335
A 32-Bore Matchlock MusketUnsigned, Edo Period
29 November 2018, 10:30 GMT
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £1,500 inc. premium
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Unsigned, Edo Period
Unsigned, Edo Period
With octagonal barrel inlaid towards the breech with a dragon and waves in brass, silver and copper, block-shaped back-sight, brass back-action lock with brass serpentine, cherry wood full stock inscribed in ink along the inside in Japanese characters (some fading), brass trigger-guard and button trigger, and brass-tipped wooden ramrod
100 cm. barrel
100 cm. barrel
Footnotes
The inscriptions read in translation 'Decorated by Jin Youxi, made by Liu...' and 'Coming from Zhiyingting [possibly an arsenal], total 30 pieces, presented by Yue(jie?)




