Lot 13
 

13

A KATANA

70.7cm Shinto blade with one mekugi-ana, signed Kiyomitsu, midare hamon, nashiji hada, fully bound tsuka with bronze fuchi-kashira decorated with silver bamboo, shakudo and gold menuki of foliage and insects, iron tsuba chiselled with dragons and a bird, in its red and black flecked lacquer saya.

Sold for £1,700


 

70.7cm Shinto blade with one mekugi-ana, signed Kiyomitsu, midare hamon, nashiji hada, fully bound tsuka with bronze fuchi-kashira decorated with silver bamboo, shakudo and gold menuki of foliage and insects, iron tsuba chiselled with dragons and a bird, in its red and black flecked lacquer saya.