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A 40-BORE MATCHLOCK SINGLE-SHOT MUSKET, UNSIGNED, TYPE 'TANEGASHIMA', no visible serial number,
Japanese, circa 1850, with carved, tapering octagonal 41in. iron barrel with swollen 'urn' muzzle, blade fore-sight, raised groove fixed rear-sight, the barrel inlaid for half its length with brass, silver and copper decorations of geometric patterns and samurai figures, brass barrel retaining band at breech, brass swinging pan-cover, plain elongated border decorated brass lockplate with large external brass mainspring, hand-cocked serpentine match-holder, wooded full-stock of classic form inlaid with isolated brass decorations of chrysanthemum and rolling cloud or smoke panels to the rear comb of butt and underside of fore-end, brass barrel-band around the fore-end, four take-down cross-pins with floral escutcheons and provision for under-barrel ramrod (missing)
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Estimate £600-800