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MALAYSIA, 19TH CENTURY Of typical form with heavy brass furniture including a trigger and serpentine with stepped temple design, a dark wood butt with metal plating at end, the extended lock and trigger plates with elegant geometric motifs on each end, the trigger guard with engraved designs, both sides of rifle butt with applied copper and brass floral and quatrefoil appliqués 65in. (165cm.) long
For two comparable rifles with heavy brass mounts and the trigger and serpentine in the form of a stepped temple, and further discussion on 19th century Malaysian matchlock rifles, see Tirri, 2003, p.410. Another 19th century Malay matchlock long gun sold in these Rooms, 6 October 2011, lot 453.