Fine mid Qing matchlock musket
With a golden damascened lock of the Indo-Portuguese type.Chinese matchlock pistol
The first of its kind I've ever seen on the market.A Padri carbine
An unusual variety, shortened to carbine size, with a chicken wing wood stock.A Vietnamese matchlock musket
Called Súng hỏa mai in Vietnamese, with baitong lock.Tibetan matchlock musket
A nice example of a rare, shorter carbine sized Tibetan matchlock musket.Fine Malay matchlock musket
A very fine Malay matchlock or "satingar" with Indo-Portuguese style luck.Fine toradar with stippled barrel
With markings attributing it to Jalore.Indian revolving musket
The main disadvantage of early firearms was the long time it took to reload them.
A fine Indian toradar with inlaid stock
General introduction
A number of downsized Indian toradar with such lavish inlays are in
Vietnamese musket with silver lock
Cochinchina, second half of the 18th century.Vietnamese matchlock
A nice example with fossil elephant or mastodon molar butt plates.An Indian matchlock musket
A very fine, long and slender example with elaborate golden damascening.Chinese cavalry matchlock
Background
While the Chinese are hailed for inventing gunpowder and the gun, firearms in Ch