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The Property of a European Collector
Lot Closed
May 10, 01:07 PM GMT
Estimate
25,000 - 30,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
The Property of a European Collector
A very fine sujibachi [helmet with raised ridges]
Signed Mito Yoshiomi
Edo period, 19th century
the very fine sixty-two plate russet iron bowl with raised ridges of goshozan form, terminating in a copper-gilt five-stage tehen kanamono of typical chrysanthemum form, russet iron mabisashi [peak], stenciled Dutch leather turnbacks applied with copper-gilt ine mon [rice plant crests], copper-gilt fukurin [ornamental border], four-tiered black lacquer shikoro [neck guard] with close-spaced lacing in orange braid, gilt metal maedate [forecrest] in the form of stylised rice plants
The bowl to peak: 25.5 cm., 10 in.
The shikoro to peak: 37 cm., 14½ in.
Please note that the lot is sold without the display stand. A stand can be ordered through the department.
For a different example of a nineteenth century helmet by Myochin Yoshiomi in the collection of the Walters Art Museum, accession number 51.618, go to:
https://art.thewalters.org/detail/6976/helmet-kabuto-with-chrysanthemums/
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