25th Nov, 2023 12:00
Islamic, Indian and Asian Art
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A Rare Ottoman Miquelet Rifle
Late 18th/early 19th century
The 14.8 mm tapered octagonal barrel with octagon bore. The barrel secured on the stock by seven silver capucines and a large silver barrel cap and decorated with chased repousse silver scrollwork. Breech, rear sight and tang sheathed with engraved silver plaques. The stock and grip and the entire underside to fore-end cap is inlaid with a diaper pattern composed with hundreds of small golden and diamond-shaped stars. Ball trigger set in stained bone triggerplate. The iron ramrod with tulip-shaped head.
145 cm length
Netherlands art market
Sold for €4,940
Late 18th/early 19th century
The 14.8 mm tapered octagonal barrel with octagon bore. The barrel secured on the stock by seven silver capucines and a large silver barrel cap and decorated with chased repousse silver scrollwork. Breech, rear sight and tang sheathed with engraved silver plaques. The stock and grip and the entire underside to fore-end cap is inlaid with a diaper pattern composed with hundreds of small golden and diamond-shaped stars. Ball trigger set in stained bone triggerplate. The iron ramrod with tulip-shaped head.
145 cm length
Netherlands art market
Auction: Islamic, Indian and Asian Art, 25th Nov, 2023
Our upcoming sale of Islamic, Indian & Southeast Asian Art will present an array of objects created over the course of 20 centuries in the middle east, Asia, the Himalayas, and India. Included in the auction are sculptures in bronze and stone, such as an impressive 10th-century sandstone head of Shiva from Uttar Pradesh, India, gilt bronze Buddhas, Indian furniture, miniature paintings and jewellery.
