18th Century Ottoman Flintlock Pistol with a faced breech section engraved and inlaid with gold koftgari decoration.
Koftgari is ornamental work produced by inlaying steel with gold; a variety of damascening common in Indian art. From a Hindi word for gold-beating, the components of which are from Persian کوفتن (kuftan, “to beat”), ـگر (-gar), and ـی (-i).