The Samurai: Japanese Arms and Armour
The Samurai: Japanese Arms and Armour
The Property of a European Collector
A Mempo | Edo period, 17th - 18th century
Lot Closed
May 11, 02:15 PM GMT
Estimate
1,200 - 1,500 GBP
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The Property of a European Collector
A Mempo
Edo period, 17th - 18th century
the russet iron mempo with hinged nose plate forged with prominent jaw, fitted with yadome [pronounced standing flanges to the cheeks], four-tier yodare-gake [throat protector] of black lacquer with iro-iro odoshi [variegated lacing]
Guiseppe Piva, Samurai: Opere della Collezione Koelliker e delle Raccolte Extraeuropee del Castello Sforzesco, (Milan, 2009), no. 58, pg. 111.