EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
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A FINE AND RARE MINIATURE CANNON AND GUN-POWDER CASE
Edo Period (19th century)
A miniature cannon finely inlaid in gold nunome-zogan with kiri and karakusa, mounted on a wood stock inlaid in gold and silver with cherry blossom and ho-o birds in roundels; a silver-mounted stagshorn gun-powder case
5¾in. (14.5cm.) long and 2¼in. (5.5cm.) high respectively (2)
Edo Period (19th century)
A miniature cannon finely inlaid in gold nunome-zogan with kiri and karakusa, mounted on a wood stock inlaid in gold and silver with cherry blossom and ho-o birds in roundels; a silver-mounted stagshorn gun-powder case
5¾in. (14.5cm.) long and 2¼in. (5.5cm.) high respectively (2)
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