An iron Hoshi-bachi [helmet with raised rivets] | Edo period, 17th century

The Property of an American Collector and Thence by Descent

An iron Hoshi-bachi [helmet with raised rivets]

Edo period, 17^th century 

the sixty-two plate bowl with raised rivets, copper-gilt tehen kanamono, the iron peak with red lacquer underside, the fukigaeshi [turnbacks] in black lacquer with Oda mokko mon [Oda clan melon-shaped crest] in gold hiramaki-e on a black ground, the shikoro [neck guard] of five tiers with spaced lacing, vajra maedate

The bowl to peak: 30 cm., 12 in

The shikoro to peak: 38 cm., 15 in.