A JAPANESE WOOD AND METAL NETSUKE 19TH CENTURY Depicting a miniature matchlock pistol

A JAPANESE WOOD AND METAL NETSUKE

19TH CENTURY

Depicting a miniature matchlock pistol, the iron barrel decorated with scrolling vines and flower mon in gold nunome zogan and set into a wood stock, the hammer decorated with a cherry floret at the hinge, with a ring to the underside, unsigned, 6.4cm.

Provenance: formerly in the Virginia Atchley Collection.

Cf. V Atchley and N K Davey, The Virginia Atchley Collection of Japanese Miniature Arts, N217 p.158, where this piece is illustrated.