A FINE AND RARE MIQUELET LOCK GUN (SHISHANA)

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£ 20 000
AuktionsdatumClassic
27.04.2023 10:00UTC +01:00
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CHRISTIE'S
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Vereinigtes Königreich, London
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Los 149 | A FINE AND RARE MIQUELET LOCK GUN (SHISHANA)
A FINE AND RARE MIQUELET LOCK GUN (SHISHANA)

OTTOMAN TURKEY, LATE 18TH CENTURY

The watered steel barrel inlaid with thick gold floral and foliate decoration, the anthropomorphic swollen muzzle inlaid with further gold foliate decoration and silver for the mouth, the stock of finely figured Circassian walnut with an ebony butt inlaid and engraved with silver and narrow bands of ivory and painted horn, the lock with further gold foliate decoration and a red leather thumb-guard below, silvered panels and peep-sight above the lock, ivory-tipped ramrod

58in. (147.5cm.) long





Literature

Robert Hales, Islamic and Oriental Arms and Armour: A Lifetime's Passion, London, 2013, no. 650, p. 269



Special notice


Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to coral, ivory and tortoiseshell. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country.
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