AN IRON KABUTO [HELMET] SIGNED SAOTOME IYETADA, EDO PERIOD | 17TH CENTURY

THE PROPERTY OF A FRENCH COLLECTOR

AN IRON KABUTO [HELMET] SIGNED SAOTOME IYETADA, EDO PERIOD, 17^TH CENTURY

the sixty-two plate iron kabuto with riveted mabisahi [peak] and fukigaeshi [turnbacks] with mon, three-tier shikoro [neckguard] with elaborate gilt tehan kanemono

38 cm., 15 in. wide.