EDO PERIOD (LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY)
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Edo Period (Late 18th/early 19th Century)
The long octagonal iron barrel decorated with warriors riding on horseback in silver inlay, garlic shaped muzzle ring, triangular shaped front sight and Mount Fuji shaped rear sight, mounted on a wood stock with brass plate depicting pine, a rabbit and a kabuto, silver cherry-blossom peg-covers, brass fittings with a hole for matchcord, signed Shibatsuji Chozaemon Kunitaka saku and Ji tekko majiri makibari, ramrod missing and some old wear
52in. (132cm.) long, calibre 1.7cm.
Edo Period (Late 18th/early 19th Century)
The long octagonal iron barrel decorated with warriors riding on horseback in silver inlay, garlic shaped muzzle ring, triangular shaped front sight and Mount Fuji shaped rear sight, mounted on a wood stock with brass plate depicting pine, a rabbit and a kabuto, silver cherry-blossom peg-covers, brass fittings with a hole for matchcord, signed Shibatsuji Chozaemon Kunitaka saku and Ji tekko majiri makibari, ramrod missing and some old wear
52in. (132cm.) long, calibre 1.7cm.
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Please note the description of this piece is wrong in the catalogue. It should read:
The long octagonal iron barrel decorated with warriors riding on horseback in silver inlay, garlic shaped muzzle ring, triangular shaped front sight and Mt. Fuji shaped rear sight, mounted on a wood stock with brass plate depicting pine, a rabbit and kabuto, silver cherry blossom spaed covers, brass fittings with a hole for matchcord, signed Shibatsuji Chozaemon Kunitaka saku and Ji tekko majiri makibari, ramrod missing and some old wear
The long octagonal iron barrel decorated with warriors riding on horseback in silver inlay, garlic shaped muzzle ring, triangular shaped front sight and Mt. Fuji shaped rear sight, mounted on a wood stock with brass plate depicting pine, a rabbit and kabuto, silver cherry blossom spaed covers, brass fittings with a hole for matchcord, signed Shibatsuji Chozaemon Kunitaka saku and Ji tekko majiri makibari, ramrod missing and some old wear