The Samurai: Japanese Arms and Armour
The Samurai: Japanese Arms and Armour
The Property of a European Collector
拍品已结束竞投
May 10, 01:09 PM GMT
估价
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
拍品信息
描述
The Property of a European Collector
A zukin-nari Saiga bachi [cloth hood-shaped Saiga helmet]
Edo period, 17th century
the iron Saiga-style bowl of zukin-nari [cloth hood-shaped] form hammered with furrowed brow, constructed to the apex with nine iron rivetted plates, the sides hammered with karabana mon [Chinese flower crests], the hammered iron peak with swirling clouds, four-tiered black lacquer itamono-jikoro [solid plate neck guard] with spaced lacing in dark blue braid
The bowl to peak: 26 cm., 10 in.
The shikoro to peak: 31 cm., 12 in.
Please note that the lot is sold without the display stand. A stand can be ordered through the department.
For a similar example of a zukin-nari Saiga helmet in the collections of the Royal Museums of Art and History, Brussels, accession number J.3126, see Bas Verberk, Masked Warriors: The Battle Stage of the Samurai, (Leiden, 2017), p. 147.