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Rare and Fine Antique Arms & Armour

Friday 31 March 2023, 10:00 AM • Sarzana

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A very rare merchant's tanto, Muromachi Period (1392-1573)

Estimate

€ 1.800 - 2.500

Sold

€ 3.250

The price includes buyer's premium

Information

length 43.2 cm
Hira Zukuri Iorimune blade, school of Soshu tradition. Nagasa (length: 27.5 cm); Hada: Mokume Itame; Hamon: Midare Choji Hitatsura Ko Nie Deki; Some defects. Copper, double habaki. Nakago Ubu Funagata Iriyamata Gata; Yasurime: Katte Sagari; a mekugi-ana. Interesting Koshirae with smooth bronze mounts en suite. Tsuka-ito of black silk. Saya of rough black-lacquered wood with mounts en suite with the Tsuka. The Koiguchi and the Tsuba form an enlarged Tsuba, a removable wallet for gold or silver coins inside the saya. Complete with Kozuka. The Sue Koto medium Muramachi blade. Koshirae of late Edo period.