Worlds within Worlds | Works from the Collection of Peter Petrou

Worlds within Worlds | Works from the Collection of Peter Petrou

View full screen - View 1 of Lot 136. Japan, Edo - Meiji period, 18th-19th century | Fourteen Spear Sheaths, Yari-saya.

Japan, Edo - Meiji period, 18th-19th century | Fourteen Spear Sheaths, Yari-saya

No reserve

ReservesUK: Greenford Park WarehouseVAT applies to buyers outside the UK

Lot Closed

September 21, 04:16 PM GMT

Estimate

3,000 - 4,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Japan

Edo - Meiji period, 18th-19th century

Fourteen Spear Sheaths, Yari-saya


lacquered wood, mother-of-pearl, eggshell, leather, felt

fitted for a variety of yari [spears]

each with later custom-made stand

length of the largest: 51cm., 20in.

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