The Samurai: Japanese Arms and Armour
The Samurai: Japanese Arms and Armour
Property from an Important Private Collection
Lot Closed
May 16, 12:35 PM GMT
Estimate
15,000 - 18,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from an Important Private Collection
A wakizashi
Attributed to the Rai Kunisue School
Kamakura period, 13th century
Sugata [configuration]: shinogi zukuri, iori-mune, deep tori-zori, ko-kissaki
Kitae [forging pattern]: dense ko-itame flowing into mokume [wood burl] with jinie and chikei
Hamon [tempering pattern]: chu-suguha with small choji notare in nioi-deki, some ashi and yo
Boshi [tip]: sugu-boshi with slight kaeri
Nakago [tang]: suriage, one mekugi-ana, unsigned
Habaki [collar]: double clad, copper gilt
In shirasaya plain wood scabbard]
Koshirae [mount]: of later date, the saya decorated in black lacquer, the fittings in gold and gilt on nanako ground, the tsuba with chrysanthemums and paulownia, the kozuka with two dragons
Nagasa [length from kissaki to machi]: 54.5 cm., 21½ in.
Sori [curvature]: 0.9 cm., ½ in.
Saki-haba [width at the yokote]: 1.9 cm., ¾ in.
Moto-haba [width at the machi]: 25 cm., 1 in.
Accompanied by a certificate of registration as Tokubetsu Hozon Token [Sword Especially Worthy of Preservation], no. 1002326 issued by the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai [Society for the Preservation of the Japanese Art Sword], dated Heisei 26 (2014).
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