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THBMid-18th C. Mughal Indian Jezail Matchlock Rifle
Lot 101b
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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By Artemis Gallery
May 10, 2018
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2018-05-10 10:00:00
2018-05-10 10:00:00
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- Lot Description
Central Asia, southern India, Mughal Period, ca. 1765 CE. A beautiful hand-crafted wood and steel jezail rifle of a characteristically-elongated form. The lengthy steel barrel tapers gently to a flared firing end, has a petite flash pan next to the pronged matchlock mechanism, and is attached to the rifle body with six thin hammered-steel strips. The slender fore-stock and thick back stock are carved from gorgeous caramel-hued walnut wood, with a long groove which houses the barrel as well as a lengthy ramrod. A thin grooved trigger projects from the bottom of the back stock and is connected to the matchlock mechanism housed within a slot in the sight block, with the interior components secured with a few steel pins. The barrel is stamped with "JPR/EXR/2/5627" just above the flash pan, and the back stock has the manufacturing date "1765" stamped onto one side. A fantastic and finely-crafted rifle! Size: 89.25" L (226.7 cm).
Provenance: private Newport Beach, California, USA collection
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#133456Losses to portions of wooden components along fore-stock and near firing components. Repair to area of pronged matchlock arm. Surface wear and abrasions commensurate with age, tarnishing to steel components, loosening to hammered-steel strips and sight block, otherwise very good. Light earthen deposits within recessed areas and lustrous brown patina on wooden components.Condition
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