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Friday 31 March 2023, 10:00 AM • Sarzana

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A Wakizashi gi-mei Kunimitsu with important koshirae, Muromachi Period (1392-1573)

Estimate

€ 1.800 - 2.500

Sold

€ 3.750

The price includes buyer's premium

Information

length 42 cm
Blade (Nagasa length: 27.9 cm), Hada: Itame Masame; Hamon: Suguha Nie Nioi; Boshi: Ko Maru; Horimono, right side: Bo Hi, left side: Ken and Bonji; double silver habaki, in the habaki-moto important kirikomi. Nakago gi-mei "Kunimitsu", with three mekugi-ana. Koshirae with important tsuba school Tamagawa (branch of Koami) mei: Masanaga, naga-maru-gata, sentoku with iroe-taka-zogan depicting Bokudo on the back of the buffalo. Fuchi-kashira mei: Mizuno Nobumasa, Hamano school, representing a carp and river grasses. Menuki in the shape of a shishi. Beautiful red and gold lacquered wooden saya (missing parts) with koiguchi and Kurigata of horn and long white metal kojiri with bamboo canes in bas-relief. Kogatana-mei: Kii no kuni Yasuzuna, kozuka engraved with saint, clouds and frog. Interesting and fine antique blade (with a defect in the habaki moto area), provided with an important high quality Koshirae from the late Edo period.