comprising a twelve plate russet iron hoshi-bashi kabuto with four stage tehan kanemono, down turned mabizashi covered with printed painted leather and mounted with a brass kuwagata-dai pierced with foliage supporting brass kuwagata, three lame kabiki laced kozane shikiro with large fukigayeshi covered in printed leather and applied with brass Tokugawa mon, lacquered iron mempo with deep wrinkles, copper teeth and tufted beard, nose lacking, five lame kabiki laced kozane yodare kake, do-maru with five lame kusazuri, fitted with gyoyo faced with printed leather, kabiki laced kozane o-sode with gilt fittings, gold lacquered haidate, yoshitsuna kote with gilt fittings and gold lacquered tsutsu-suneate. Late Edo period.
Sold for £3,200
comprising a twelve plate russet iron hoshi-bashi kabuto with four stage tehan kanemono, down turned mabizashi covered with printed painted leather and mounted with a brass kuwagata-dai pierced with foliage supporting brass kuwagata, three lame kabiki laced kozane shikiro with large fukigayeshi covered in printed leather and applied with brass Tokugawa mon, lacquered iron mempo with deep wrinkles, copper teeth and tufted beard, nose lacking, five lame kabiki laced kozane yodare kake, do-maru with five lame kusazuri, fitted with gyoyo faced with printed leather, kabiki laced kozane o-sode with gilt fittings, gold lacquered haidate, yoshitsuna kote with gilt fittings and gold lacquered tsutsu-suneate. Late Edo period.
Auction: AUTUMN VIRTUAL FINE ANTIQUE ARMS & ARMOUR AUCTION, 26th Nov, 2024