with slender octagonal barrel (slightly bent and expertly repaired) retained by two slender iron bands, flat iron lock with external mechanism and engraved details, three-quarter stock, the fore-end partly encased in large panels of chiselled iron decorated with flowers and foliage, a further pierced panel decorated with elaborate scrolls of foliage opposite beneath the lock, curved butt of characteristic form overlaid with a decorated iron plaque along the comb, iron trigger-guard inlaid with brass, and iron ramrod, 122.5 cm barrel
with slender octagonal barrel (slightly bent and expertly repaired) retained by two slender iron bands, flat iron lock with external mechanism and engraved details, three-quarter stock, the fore-end partly encased in large panels of chiselled iron decorated with flowers and foliage, a further pierced panel decorated with elaborate scrolls of foliage opposite beneath the lock, curved butt of characteristic form overlaid with a decorated iron plaque along the comb, iron trigger-guard inlaid with brass, and iron ramrod, 122.5 cm barrel
Auction: Olympia Timed Spring 2024, ending 21st Apr, 2024
Including:
Antique Arms & Armour
Asian Works of Art
Fine Art Books, Including Books from Three Specialist Libraries of Indian and South-East Asian Art Reference Books
Works by Nadira Azzouz (Iraqi 1927-2020)