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THE FIRST SIGNED KOSHU KUNITOMO KYUZAEMON, 18TH CENTURY, THE SECOND SIGNED NODA GOROBEI SAKU, 19TH CENTURY
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A JAPANESE 11-BORE SNAP-MATCHLOCK GUN & A JAPANESE 28-BORE PERCUSSION PISTOL
THE FIRST SIGNED KOSHU KUNITOMO KYUZAEMON, 18TH CENTURY, THE SECOND SIGNED NODA GOROBEI SAKU, 19TH CENTURY
The first with heavy round sighted barrel with full length sighting flat, brass lock, three-quarter stock with applied pierced brass scrollwork and inlaid brass orb with a cross behind the barrel, and iron trigger-guard (iron parts discoloured); the second with swamped octagonal sighted barrel engraved with clouds and a dragon, back-action iron lock, and brass mounts (barrel-bolt and ramrod missing)
Respectively 27¾in. (70.5cm.) and 12in. (30.5cm.) barrels (2)
THE FIRST SIGNED KOSHU KUNITOMO KYUZAEMON, 18TH CENTURY, THE SECOND SIGNED NODA GOROBEI SAKU, 19TH CENTURY
The first with heavy round sighted barrel with full length sighting flat, brass lock, three-quarter stock with applied pierced brass scrollwork and inlaid brass orb with a cross behind the barrel, and iron trigger-guard (iron parts discoloured); the second with swamped octagonal sighted barrel engraved with clouds and a dragon, back-action iron lock, and brass mounts (barrel-bolt and ramrod missing)
Respectively 27¾in. (70.5cm.) and 12in. (30.5cm.) barrels (2)
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 20% on the buyer's premium.