Lot Essay
Kunitomo is the most celebrated maker of matchlock guns.
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A MATCHLOCK GUN (ARQUEBUS)
SIGNED KUNITOMO TAMBA, 19TH CENTURY
The partly faceted iron barrel with circular muzzle, carved and decorated with birds and clouds in silver and gold nunome zogan and inlaid with the characters on-mu-jya, with brass matchlock holder, matchlock plate and iron spring decorated with leaves, signed faintly Omi Kunotomo Tamba Daijyo Muneyuki, signed Muneyuki Tamba on the furniture
length 70cm., breech 4cm., muzzle 2.7cm.
SIGNED KUNITOMO TAMBA, 19TH CENTURY
The partly faceted iron barrel with circular muzzle, carved and decorated with birds and clouds in silver and gold nunome zogan and inlaid with the characters on-mu-jya, with brass matchlock holder, matchlock plate and iron spring decorated with leaves, signed faintly Omi Kunotomo Tamba Daijyo Muneyuki, signed Muneyuki Tamba on the furniture
length 70cm., breech 4cm., muzzle 2.7cm.