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The Samurai: Japanese Arms and Armour
The Samurai: Japanese Arms and Armour
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The Property of a European Collector
A kuwagata-nari kawari kabuto [unusually shaped helmet] | Momoyama - Edo period, late 16th - early 17th century
Lot Closed
May 10, 03:14 PM GMT
Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
The Property of a European Collector
A kuwagata-nari kawari kabuto [unusually shaped helmet]
Momoyama - Edo period, late 16th - early 17th century
the polished black-lacquered iron bowl with hammered eye brows towards the mabisashi [peak], the crown formed in harikake as kuwagata [stylised horns] pierced with inome-bori [boar's eye openings], five-tiered black lacquer itamono Hineno-jikoro [close fitted neck guard with solid plates] with sugake odoshi [spaced lacing] in dark blue braid, the black and gold lacquer maedate [forecrest] in the form of a gunbai [war fan] with inscription
The bowl to peak: 26.5 cm., 10½ in.
The shikoro to peak: 30 cm., 11⅞ in.
Please note that the lot is sold without the display stand. A stand can be ordered through the department.
Koelliker Collection
Guiseppe Piva, Samurai: Opere della Collezione Koelliker e delle Raccolte Extraeuropee del Castello Sforzesco, (Milan, 2009), no. 32, pg. 84.