Property from an English Collection Formed in the 1960s Onwards
A tanto | With signature Kunitoshi | Kamakura - Nambokucho period, circa 1250 - 1350
Lot Closed
November 2, 02:59 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 8,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
The Property from an English Collection Formed from the 1960s Onwards
A tanto
With signature Kunitoshi
Kamakura - Nambokucho period, circa 1250 - 1350
Sugata [configuration]: Hirazukuri, iori-muneHada [forging pattern]: Notare-gokoro hada
Hamon [tempering pattern]: Ko-gunome hamon with many gunome-ashi
Boshi [tip]: Ko-maru boshi with hakikake
Nakago [tang]: Ubu nakago with two mekugi-ana, with signature Kunitoshi on the omote
Habaki [collar]: Silvered copper
Koshirae [mount]: The saya decorated in gold and red hiramaki-e on a black ground with sacred pearl, a roundel of a dragon, geometric design and chrysanthemum (kiku) mon [crest], copper-gilt fittings including kojiri and kurikata of a stylised dragon with the sacred pearl, kozuka with minogame and crane among pine trees on a nanako ground, 37.5 cm., 14¾ in.
Nagasa [length from kissaki to machi]: 23.8 cm., 9⅜ in.
Moto-haba [width at the machi]: 2.4 cm., 1 in.