ID 932160
Лот 149 | A FINE AND RARE MIQUELET LOCK GUN (SHISHANA)
Оценочная стоимость
£ 20 000 – 30 000
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.
| Место происхождения: | Азия, Османская империя, Турция |
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| Категория: | Винтовка |
| Категория аукционного дома: | Картины, Огнестрельное оружие |
| Место происхождения: | Азия, Османская империя, Турция |
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| Категория: | Винтовка |
| Категория аукционного дома: | Картины, Огнестрельное оружие |
| Адрес торгов |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London Великобритания | |
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