Chiseled barrel encrusted with golden decoration and signed at the breech, silver fore-end forming three bands chased with floral scrolls and heightened with niello, silver-encrusted lock, the mainspring with calligraphy and a maker’s stamp under and to the rear of the pan, the stock entirely encased in silver decorated with chased and nielloed patterns of flowers and scrollwork en-suite with the fore-end, dated and signed at the barrel tang, button trigger encrusted with silver, ovoid pommel with silver lanyard ring, and with a false ramrod. A beautiful and rare example of Kubachi workmanship in immaculate condition.
Barrel: 13” 33 cm.
O.A. 19 1/4” 48.9 cm.
Price – $18,500