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Friday 31 March 2023, 10:00 AM • Sarzana

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An iron Suji kabuki with Nihon Bugu-Kacchu Hozon-Kennkyu-kai certificate, Edo Period (1603-1867)

Estimate

€ 2.600 - 3.200

Sold

€ 3.500

The price includes buyer's premium

Information

height 23 cm
Hachi with thirty-two rust-coloured, lacquered, iron ken suji (plates). The top with brass tehen-kanamono. Shikoro with seven Manjyu-style iron plates, decorated en suite with the fukigaeshi. Two maedate, one with gilded kanji on black wooden clouds (modern epoch), the other made of gilded metal with Maru-ni-kajinoha mon. Large fukigaeshi covered with Egawa with the same mon and decorated with star-shaped rivets. Complete with lining, the hachi signed 'Munetake' inside. The kabuto is provided with a Nihon Bugu-Kacchu Hozon-Kennkyu-kai certificate with a "Tokubetsu Kicho-Shiryo" (excellent quality) rating. Middle Edo period, 18th century.