12th Dec, 2018 10:30 GMT/BST

Militaria & Ethnographica

 
Lot 282
 

282

A 19th Century Japanese Tanegashima (Matchlock) Teppo, the 101cm sighted and ribbed steel...

A 19th Century Japanese Tanegashima (Matchlock) Teppo, the 101cm sighted and ribbed steel barrel with baluster muzzle, the breech inlaid with a sinuous dragon amidst cloud bands in brass and copper, the hard wood stock with brass serpentine, trigger guard and button trigger, and inlaid in brass with chrysanthemums, rabbits, cloud bands and bamboo, with a later wood ramrod, 131cm
Not Sold

 

. Action works. Screw to hold frizzen pan is place is missing. Scuff to wood to right of fore-end and butt. Generally in good clean condition.

 


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Auction: Militaria & Ethnographica, 12th Dec, 2018

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