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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