The Samurai: Japanese Arms and Armour
The Samurai: Japanese Arms and Armour
The Property of an English Collector
Lot Closed
May 11, 02:55 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
The Property of an English Collector
A Bizen katana
Signed Bizen Osafune ju Sukenori
Edo period, 19th century
Sugata [configuration]: Shinogi-zukuri, iori-mune, funbare, chu-kissaki
Hamon [tempering pattern]: Choji gunome midare with substantial ashi, long yakidashi
Boshi [tip]: Ko-maru with short kaeri
Nakago [tang]: Two mekugi-ana, ha-agiri, yoko yasuri file marks, signed Bizen Osafune ju Sukenori Tomonari gojuroku dai mago (The fifty-sixth descendent of Tomonari, Sukenori Tomonari from Bizen Osafune)
Habaki [collar]: Copper-gilt
Koshirae [mount]: The handachi koshirae inlaid in aogai, the tsuka with black ito, the shakudo mokko-gata tsuba with a nanako ground
Nagasa [length from kissaki to machi]: 68.4 cm., 26⅞ in.
Saki-haba [width at the yokote]: 1.9 cm., ¾ in.
Moto-haba [width at the machi]: 3 cm., 1⅛ in.
The koshirae: 96.5 cm., 38 in.