A beautiful Ottoman Balkan ‘Boyliya’ gun or musket surviving in superb condition. This longgun is clearly a high quality piece and would have belonged to a man of some rank or standing, the piece is decorated profusely throughout and retains both its embroidered fabric cover to the stock and its original tassel ornament. The stock… Continue reading Antique Ottoman Balkan Miquelet lock musket ‘Boyliya’ with gold and fabric
Category: Guns and firearms
Wonderful Antique Bronze Lantaka ship or deck cannon from Borneo/Brunei with crocodile
A superb early Bronze Lantaka deck cannon or swivel gun from Northen Borneo /Brunei. These ornate bronze canons were typically used along the gunwales and decks of ships, most notoriously those used by the Malay pirates who were active in the South China Seas around Borneo and the Philippines. This examples is small, cast from… Continue reading Wonderful Antique Bronze Lantaka ship or deck cannon from Borneo/Brunei with crocodile
Rare Vietnamese Long gun of matchlock form from the tribes of the highlands of North Vietnam
A rare Vietnamese long gun with silver, brass and ivory mounts
Greek or Albanian musket with mother of pearl inlay
Greek or Albanian musket with mother of pearl inlay soon to be added to the ashoka arts website for fine arms and armour, steel barrel with mother of pearl inlaid panels, dating to the 19th century
antique Arab muskets … Two Omani muskets with inlaid barrels Yemen Indo-Arab musket…
new longarms coming on the site update