This provocative masterpiece is exceptionally well executed and showcases subject matter not often found on a high art firearm. The piece does not show the usual intricate English rose & scroll nor does it show traditional big game scenes, in fact quite the opposite. It flies in the face of tradition, evoking the nostalgia of a 1980s music video with sex, big hair, and big cats, making this a truly special piece. This gun is built with blued steel barrels with a single gold bead front sight on the matted solid rib, "A. GALAZAN" on the left side of the upper barrel, 3 inch wedges of gold inlaid stars showing over 100 individually cut stars on either side of the upper breech, and 2 3/4 inch chambers with automatic ejectors. The blued sidelock action displays a mixture of gold inlaid floral vines, a gold line and star border, and highly detailed scenes of nude women and big cats. The scenes are rendered in relief cut and then enameled to give them vibrant full color and high detail showing of the attention to detail given to both the women and the cats. The left side shows a pair of nude women laying amongst a trio of adult tigers and a single cub, the underside has another pair of nude women kneeling beneath a songbird as well as a cougar on the trigger plate, and the right side shows yet another pair of nude women among a mated pair of lions with their two cubs. The areas in between the figures are filled with silver stars and gold inlaid vegetation. The top of the action shows more than 100 gold and silver stars, some of which are surrounded by a lattice work of fine gold. The gold inlay extends to the trigger guard, both tangs, and the toplever which shows a golden rising phoenix and yet more hand cut stars in an intricate golden flower design at the base. Both sides of the action are gold inlaid with "GALAZAN", and the trigger plate is signed "M Terzi" to the right of the trigger guard for Italian Master Engraver Mario Terzi, who has executed a true work of art that is surely worthy of display in any fine arms collection. The gun features a rolled trigger guard, single nitre blued trigger, and tang mounted manual safety switch. The stock and forend are of exhibition quality with gold bordered multi-point checkering and breathtakingly beautiful floral carving with intertwining multi-colored gold wire at the tip of the forend and just behind the stock wrist, the likes of which this writer has not seen before. In addition, the forend is adorned with gold inlaid fittings and an inverted nude woman reclining on either side of the extended shoe. The stock has a blank carved gold initial oval and a blued skeleton buttplate with yet more exceptional gold inlay around a gold bordered checkered bare butt. This fantastic gun is pictured and described on pages 216-220 of Stephen Lamboy and Elena Micheli-Lamboy's "Mario Terzi: Master Engraver" along with many other examples of similar works covering two of his favorite subject matters, nudes and dangerous cats. Barrel and stock measurements (U/O): bore diameter nine inches from the breech measure .665/.666 inches; choke constriction .038/.038 inches; minimum wall thickness .027/.028 inches; 1 3/8 inch drop at comb; 2 inch drop at heel; 14 inch length of pull; weight 7 lbs 7 oz. Provenance: The Robert M. Lee Collection

Excellent overall, retaining 99% original blue, gold, and enamel finishes with limited handling evidence, crisp engraving, and sharp checkering and carving on the stock and forend. Mechanically excellent. Do not miss out on your chance to own this outstanding one-of-a-kind piece!