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qsy-complains-a-lot:

Qing era Chinese matchlock musket

Made for the Qianlong emperor by the manufacture department of his imperial household c.mid-18th century.
Snap matchlock mechanism, cast iron barrel inlaid with gold, silver and copper, elm stock, sandalwood folding bipod with gold-inlaid cast iron tips.
The Qianlong emperor -reigned 1733 to 1796- both maintained a strong hunting tradition tied to his Manchu roots and a marked appreciation for Western firearms, describing one of his heirloom musket as “wonderfully efficient and pleasing”.
Although most of Europe had developed other ignition mechanisms for their small arms, matchlock guns remained popular in Eastern Asia well into the 19th century.

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met-armsarmor:

Matchlock Musket (me mda’), barrel, probably 18th–19th century; stock and other fittings, probably mid-19th–early 20th century, Metropolitan Museum of Art: Arms and Armor

Purchase, Edward V. LaPuma Gift, 2017
Size: L. 64 1/8 in. (162.9 cm); L. of barrel 42 3/8 in. (107.6 cm); Cal. 0.56 in. (14.2 mm)
Medium: Iron, silver, wood, horn, leather, textile

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/755339

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met-armsarmor:

Matchlock Gun, Metropolitan Museum of Art: Arms and Armor

Bequest of George C. Stone, 1935
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Medium: Steel, wood, gold, silver, pigment

http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/30594

This sporting gun is distinctive for its delicately painted stock
covered with hunting scenes, birds and other animals, and landscapes.
The gold-damascened barrel is a masterpiece of forging, having both a
square cross section and a square bore. It is signed by the smith Haji
Sha’ban, who signed two other barrels on guns captured by the British at
Lahore, in northwest India (now Pakistan), in the nineteenth century.

Posted on by Erik Chipchase

met-armsarmor:

Matchlock Gun, Metropolitan Museum of Art: Arms and Armor

Bequest of George C. Stone, 1935
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Medium: Steel, wood, gold, silver, pigment

http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/30594

This sporting gun is distinctive for its delicately painted stock
covered with hunting scenes, birds and other animals, and landscapes.
The gold-damascened barrel is a masterpiece of forging, having both a
square cross section and a square bore. It is signed by the smith Haji
Sha’ban, who signed two other barrels on guns captured by the British at
Lahore, in northwest India (now Pakistan), in the nineteenth century.