Chinese cavalry matchlock
Background While the Chinese are hailed for inventing gunpowder and the
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Qing dynasty hunter's powder flask
Introduction The elite of the Qing dynasty was Manchu, who before taking over China fro
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Fine Malay matchlock musket
A very fine Malay matchlock or "satingar" with Indo-Portuguese style luck.
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A Padri carbine
An unusual variety, shortened to carbine size, with a chicken wing wood stock.
€1600,-
An Indian matchlock musket
A very fine, long and slender example with elaborate golden damascening.
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A fine Indian toradar with inlaid stock
General introduction A number of downsized Indian toradar with such lavish inl
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An Indonesian blunderbuss
Of Chinese manufacture, traded widely and used gainst the Dutch during the Aceh Wars in 1873–1904.
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Dzeferdar miquelet rifle
With Ottoman twisted "damascus" barrel and fine mother-of-pearl inlaid stock.
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Tibetan matchlock musket
A nice example of a rare, shorter carbine sized Tibetan matchlock musket.
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Indian revolving musket
The main disadvantage of early firearms was the long time it took to reload them.
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English rifle with Ottoman barrel
An English rifle that was built around an 18th-century Ottoman barrel of the finest quality.
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A fine and unusual Dutch colonial gun
Based on the Dutch Beaumont mechanism, but with Indonesian twist forged barrel and golden inlays.
€5000,-
A fine "boyliya" paragun
One of Europe's rarest gun types. A fine example, with mother of pearl inlaid stock.
€6500,-
A fine Sindh flintlock
A large gun with English flintlock mechanism, as favored by the Mirs of the Talpur court. In very good condition, with…
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