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Japanese
ca. 1615–1868
Chinese
206 BCE–220 CE
southern German or Tyrolese; cranequin probably German or Swiss
crossbow ca. 1600–1650; cranequin dated 1556
probably Italian
ca. 1575–1650
German, Dresden
1728
Chinese
19th century
probably Italian or French
ca. 1550–1600
German, Nuremberg
ca. 1570–90
Central or Eastern European, possibly Vienna
dated 1489
Roman
286–305 CE or 306/7–308/9
crossbow, possibly Bavarian; cranequin, probably southern German
crossbow, ca. 1560–80; cranequin, first half of the 16th century
Chinese
probably 19th century
German
ca. 1600–1650
Western European, probably Spanish
16th century
Central European; German or Austrian
probably late 15th or early 16th century
Chinese
5th century BCE–1st century CE
Central European
probably 15th century
Johann Gottfried Hänisch the Elder
dated 1742
Possibly French
17th century
probably French, possibly Paris
ca. 1850–90
German
17th century
China
Original: Qin dynasty (221–206 BC)
Western or Central European; j, possibly Switzerland
15th–17th century; j, probably 15th or 16th century
Spanish, possibly Valencia or Toledo; lever possibly Madrid
crossbow, ca. 1540–60; spanning lever, ca. 1525–75
Central European, possibly German
early 16th century; 14.25.1576g, probably 17th or 18th century
Japanese
19th century
German, probably Nuremberg
dated 1727
Roman
ca. 3rd–4th century CE
German
ca. 1580
Italian or possibly Southern German
probably 1550–1600
Tibetan
17th–18th century
Indian
19th century
European, possibly German
probably 16th century
European, possibly German
probably 16th or 17th century
German or Austrian
late 15th century
German
16th century
Indian, Assam
19th century
German, possibly Austrian
15th century
European, possibly German
probably late 16th or early 17th century
European
16th century