A JAPANESE TANEGASHIMA (MATCHLOCK CARBINE)

£2,000 - £3,000 £2,200

EDO PERIOD, 18TH OR 19TH CENTURY

With an iron octagonal-section barrel inlaid with a writhing dragon in gilt, the wood stock decorated with scrolling tendrils and circular mon in gold hiramaki-e on the black roiro lacquer ground, with many metal elements shaped as prunus and chrysanthemum flowerheads, 130cm.

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