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Lot 169

Three gold-koftgari steel guns (toradors)
Rajasthan, 18th/ 19th Century
(2)

26 October 2020, 11:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

£3,000 - £4,000

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Three gold-koftgari steel guns (toradors)
Rajasthan, 18th/ 19th Century

the first a matchlock, the steel barrel chiselled and decorated in gold overlay with floral sprays and foliate motifs, the trigger in the form of a palmette, the wood stock engraved '8'; the second a flintlock with multifaceted barrel engraved and decorated in gold overlay with horizontal panels and palmette borders, the lock engraved 'BHOJAGUNM'; the third a matchlock, the steel barrel decorated in gold overlay with cartouches filled with flowerheads and large foliate motifs, openwork foliate capuchines, the wood stock mounted in openwork steel decorated with foliate motifs with black lac inlay, the trigger in the form of a palmette, the lock plates with brass pins in the form of rosettes and engraved inscription nagari
the larger 172 cm. long(2)

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Provenance
Private UK collection.

Inscriptions: Raj Jodhpur Tehsil Phalodi 1201

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