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

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An Isokusa-nuri aikuchi-mounted tanto, Edo Period (1603-1867)

Estimate

€ 250 - 350

Sold

€ 400

The price includes buyer's premium

Information

length 27 cm.
Nlade (nagasa: length 18.1 cm), not visible hamon and hada. Nagako mu-mei with a mekugi-ana. Copper-coloured metal habaki. A wooden Tsuka coated in black lacquer. Saya with an unusual vermilion lacquer covering called "Isokusa-nuri", depicting a motif of seaweed drifting in the sea, a very laborious lacquering technique, whitish-gold sageo fabric.