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Rare and Fine Antique Arms & Armour from Around the World

Friday 15 December 2023 e Saturday 16 December 2023, 02:00 PM • Sarzana

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A zunari kabuto with menpo - Japan

Estimate

€ 1.500 - 2.000

Sold

€ 2.125

The price includes buyer's premium

Information

height as shown circa 35 cm.
The helmet with red lacquered, three-plated iron hachi (some missing parts and restoration to the finishing), provided with five-plated iron shikoro with sugake odoshi lacing in strongly faded earlier fabric, also the shikoro plates are red lacquered, with signs of time and small defects to the finishing. The inside of the skull in brown patina, without lining. Provided with a brass maedate (of a later time?) worked like a chrysanthemum. Together with a joroi men, slightly better preserved than the helmet, of the me no shita men type, light red lacquered iron ressei (small missing parts to the finishing) with removable nosepiece provided with earlier moustache, expressive wrinkles not particularly evident, mouth without teeth, chin with lace, odome and asenagashi no hana. Inner lacquering always in red preserved like the exterior. Five-plated, gold-lacquered yodare-kake with multi-coloured lacing. Stand not included.
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Si tratta di un'asta indipendente da Finarte e come tale gestita interamente a Sarzana da Czerny's. Per oggetti considerati "arma" dalla legge italiana per l'acquisto è necessaThis is an independent auction from Finarte and as such is managed entirely in Sarzana by Czerny's.