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Thursday 12 December 2024 e Friday 13 December 2024, 02:00 PM • Sarzana

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A sunobe tanto with beautiful koshirae, mei: Naganori, Muromachi Period (1392-1573)

Estimate

€ 500 - 800

Sold

€ 1.000

The price includes buyer's premium

Information

length 42.5 cm.
Blade (27.5 cm Nagasa), with slightly visible hamon and hada, gilded copper habaki, small pitting on the edge and some small areas damaged by rust. Nakago mei: Naganori, date "1460", with two mukugi-ana. Gilded copper Habaki. Koshiarae with iron tsuba shaped as a mokko decorated with floral motifsin silver, shakudo and gold, two seppa of gilded metal, fuchi in shakudo with micro-checkered pattern and decorated with floral motifs (partially gold-inlaid) and a mystical animal figure, kashira of shakudo with anthropomorphic figure with short gold trousers, menuki shaped as a samurai with yari and katana, and figure of a sage; tsuka ito of black silk. Saya made of wood laquered in matt black (missing parts); kozuka decorated with four mice partially gilded; kogatana mei. On the opposite side of the kurigata, mounts made of various metals depicting two figures.