A fine kawari kabuto [unusually shaped helmet] | Edo period, 17th century

A fine kawari kabuto [unusually shaped helmet]

Edo period, 17^th century 

the three-plate gold and black lacquered iron bowl of tall, eboshi-nari [court-cap shaped] form, decorated overall in tataki-nuri, the black lacquered mabisashi [peak] with Buddhist tennin n gold hiramaki-e and keuchi, the small fukigaeshi [turnbacks] with circle crests, silvered copper fukurin [ornamental border] six-tiered black lacquer shikoro [neck guard] with kebiki odoshi [close-spaced lacing] in blue and red braid, the gold lacquered maedate [forecresrt] in the form of a stylised crescent moon, the gold and black lacquered tataki-nuriwakidate [lateral crests] in the form of crab pincers

The bowl to peak: 31.5 x 12½ in.

The shikoro to peak: 39 cm., 15½ in. 

Please note that the lot is sold without the display stand. A stand can be ordered through the department.