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Central European, possibly Germany
probably 17th or 18th century

China
Original: Qin dynasty (221–206 BC)

Roman
ca. 3rd–4th century CE

Central European, possibly Austria
ca. 1425–75
Chinese
probably 19th century
German
16th century
German
16th century

Central European; German or Austrian
probably late 15th or early 16th century
Western European or Near Eastern
before 1272
European, possibly German
probably 16th century
Indian
19th century

China
Western European or Near Eastern
before 1272

probably Italian
ca. 1575–1650

Heinrich Heid von Winterthur
dated 1460

Roman
ca. 3rd–4th century CE

European, possibly British
ca. 1475–1525

German, probably Dresden
ca. 1735–50

German, probably Saxony
ca. 1575–1650

Western European, probably Spanish
16th century

Western European or Near Eastern
before 1272
German
17th century

Johann Gottfried Hänisch the Elder
dated 1742

Western or Central European; quiver, possibly German
quiver, probably early 16th century; bolts, 14th–16th century

probably German, possibly Saxony; cranequin, probably German
crossbow, ca. 1575–1650; cranequin dated 1562

Johann Gottfried Hänisch the Elder
dated 1733

Italian or possibly Southern German
probably 1550–1600

probably French, possibly Paris
ca. 1850–90
Japanese
17th century

Central European, possibly southern Germany
late 15th or early 16th century, and later; date 1584 engraved probably during the 19th century

German, probably Nuremberg
dated 1727

Japanese
ca. 1615–1868
Indian, Assam
19th century

Tibetan
17th–18th century

probably British, possibly London
ca. 1600–1625

Northern Italian or French, probably Savoy
dated 1573
Western European or Near Eastern
before 1272
Japanese
19th century

Hans Wagner the Elder
dated 1539

German
ca. 1600–1650