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The Property of a European Collector
A tanto with skull horimono [carving] | Signed Sadakazu | Heisei period, 20th century
Lot Closed
May 10, 02:17 PM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
The Property of a European Collector
A tanto with skull horimono [carving]
Signed Sadakazu
Heisei period, 20th century
Sugata [configuration]: hira zukuri
Kitae [forging pattern]: itame hada
Hamon [tempering pattern]: broad notare with strong nie and nioi
Boshi [tip]: long kaeri
Horimono [carving]: skull and moorland grasses on the omote
Nakago [tang]: ubu, one mekugi-ana
Habaki [collar]: silver, single clad
Koshirae [mount]: the silver koshirae with elegant mounts with a nanako ground, the menuki of karashishi with gold inlay, chased and engraved with kashiwa mon [oak leaf crests] on a hammered ground, with an openwork panel inset with lacquered wood panels
Nagasa [length from kissaki to machi]: 20.2 cm., 8 in.
Moto-haba [width at the machi]: 2.3 cm., ⅞ in.