λ A KHATAMKARI-INLAID AND LEATHER-LINED BLUNDERBUSS

Iran, 18th century

Of typical shape, with long cylindrical watered steel barrel with everted muzzle, lined in tooled brown leather from the muzzle to the butt, the outer side of the trigger engraved with ring-punched floral motifs, the steel belt hooks with typical Safavid openwork decoration with interlocking palmette tendrils and arabesques, khatamkari and bone marquetry work on the butt and barrel, on the firing bolt plaque two inscriptions engraved in Roman numerals '1810' and '70k' under an European regal crown, 57cm long.

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