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Indian
19th century
China
Johann Gottfried Hänisch the Elder
dated 1742
Western European or Near Eastern
before 1272
German
ca. 1580
China
Western European, probably Spanish
16th century
German
16th century
Chinese
19th century
Jacob Floris
ca. 1570–1600
Roman
ca. 3rd–4th century CE
Italian or possibly Southern German
probably 1550–1600
probably Italian
ca. 1575–1650
Johann Gottfried Hänisch the Elder
dated 1733
probably Italian or French
ca. 1550–1600
German, probably Dresden
dated 1663
Central European; German or Austrian
probably late 15th or early 16th century
Japanese
17th century
Roman
286–305 CE or 306/7–308/9
China
Original: Qin dynasty (221–206 BC)
Northern Italian or French, probably Savoy
dated 1573
European
15th century
Hans Wagner the Elder
dated 1539
crossbow, Spanish, possibly Madrid; lever, probably Spanish
crossbow, ca. 1540–60 and later; spanning lever, probably first half of the 16th century
Chinese
206 BCE–220 CE
German
16th century
Johann Gottfried Hänisch the Elder
crossbow, ca. 1720–30; winder, ca. 1575–1600
European, possibly German
probably late 16th or early 17th century
Central European, possibly Austria
ca. 1425–75
Japanese
19th century
Central European
probably 15th century
probably French, possibly Paris
ca. 1850–90
probably French
late 16th or early 17th century
German, probably Saxony
probably 17th century
Central European, possibly southern Germany
late 15th or early 16th century, and later; date 1584 engraved probably during the 19th century
Central European, possibly German
early 16th century; 14.25.1576g, probably 17th or 18th century
Japanese
ca. 1615–1868
German, Nuremberg
ca. 1570–90
Central or Eastern European, possibly Vienna
dated 1489
Tibetan
17th–18th century