Page 80 - Fine Japanese Art June 2, 2018 Galerie Zacke

171 Mountings:
MOUNTED KATANA Shiny black lacquer saya with small blemishes. The iron tsuba has mokkogata, both hitsu and bears 174
Japan, Edo period, engraved characters on both sides, some with the characters for “large” and “samurai”. Black MOUNTED KATANA Mountings: TOTAL LENGTH 78 CM
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ca. 17 - 18 century lacquered iron fuchi and kashira with floral engravings in which is silver and gold hirazogan inlay. The Blade: Japan, 18 to 19 century
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bronze menuki beneath the newer tsuka-ito each have the form of a fruit with partial gilding. Japan, ca. 17 century Condition: Well forged blade in good
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Blade: The saya in shiny, black roironuri. No condition
Form: Iorimune with shinogizukuri. TOTAL LENGTH 97.2 CM Shinogi tsukuri form with iorimune. kozuka. The bronze tsuba with hitsu has Provenance: From a Hungarian private
Itame-masame-hada, suguha- The hada possibly masame, the hamon relief on both sides depicting swelling collection
hamon with nie. The tang (nakago) Condition: The sheath with small blemishes, the tsuba with some rust; The blade with minor fissures gunome featuring chikei (or nioi). The tang sea waves and scaled dragons. Fuchi and
ubu and mumei with a mekugi- along the sword, a group of larger fissures on one side; generally worn, but acceptable condition mumei, ubu and one Mekugi-ana, the tang kashira are made of iron with gold inlay Estimate EUR 1.000,-
ana, its tip kurijiri, no filing marks. end kurijiri, the Yasurime katte-sagari. decoration, the motif floral, water and Starting price EUR 500,-
Estimate EUR 1.000,- dragonflies. The bronze menuki beneath
NAGASA 65.7 CM Starting price EUR 500,- NAGASA 51.5 CM the black tsuka-ito also depicts dragons.

175 Mountings: popular fukujin (gods of good fortune),
WAKIZASHI Black lacquer saya with finely sprinkled, namely, Ebisu with carp and Daikoku with
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Japan, Edo, ca. 18 century variously colored bits of mother of pearl. the bag of wealth.
172 The iron sayajiri (butt cap) has a decoratively
WAKIZASHI The round iron tsuba with one hitsu features kiku blossoms Blade: curved form with inome as well as golden TOTAL LENGTH 73 CM
Japan, Edo, ca. 17 century (chrysanthemum). The decoration of the fuchi-kashira is also Shinogizukuri form with iorimune; hada particles, as does the collar around the
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floral, but includes the head of a sickle. Bronze menuki with possibly masame, though, like the hamon, opening of the saya. The companion knife Condition: The sheath with two long vertical
Blade: gilding featuring floral growth. which may be suguha, hardly recognizable. (kozuka) has decorative floral relief, its back cracks, overall good condition
Shinogizukuri form with iorimune. Itame-hada, notare-hamon The blade’s tip (in relation to the blade’s gilded. The iron mokkogata-tsuba has an Provenance: From a Hungarian private
with nie. The tang in mumei, ubu, one mekugi-ana, the end in- TOTAL LENGTH 74.3 CM entire length) o-gissaki. The tang has a ishime surface structure, two hitsu. The collection
yamagata, the yasurime with barely recognizable sujikai mekugi-ana; o-sukikai-yasurime; the tip fuchi-kashira, on the other hand, are made
Condition: Good condition with only minimal fissures on the blade kirijiri, possible also shortened. of iron with scattered, hammered-in gold Estimate EUR 1.000,-
Mountings: and chips on the seath particles. The menuki depict two of the Starting price EUR 500,-
Elegant lacquer saya with thousands of extremely fine red dots Provenance: From a Hungarian private collection NAGASA 50 CM
against shiny black lacquer kuro-urushi. The end of the saya bears
a bronze mounting, partially ribbed and partially floral as well as Estimate EUR 1.000,-
inome. Kozuka missing. Starting price EUR 500,-

Mountings: openwork. The handle is
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Japan, 18 to 19 century, made of very fine same-nuri.
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tsuba possibly older The menuki are kiku blossoms
(chrysanthemums) and also
Red lacquer saya with serve to secure the handle.
irregular black speckling. 176
173 Kozuka missing, its sheath, TOTAL LENGTH 49.7 CM DAGGER (TANTO) Mounting: With a stand.
TANTO however, features a combed Japan, ca. 18th century
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wave pattern and is gilded. Condition: With a very small Japan, 18 to 19 century TOTAL LENGTH 47.7 CM
Blade: The oval, iron tsuba has fissure on the blade and Blade:
Japan, Edo period two hitsu and cloud-spiral minimal chips on the sheath. Shiny black lacquer saya, the kozuka Condition: Good condition with only minor
relief on both sides. Possibly Otherwise in good condition Hira-tsukuri form with iorimune. featuring plum blossoms and a (slightly fissures on the blade
Elegant shobu-tsukuri form with iorimune, suguha-hamon. signed, but no longer clearly Provenance: From a Masame-hada and gunomehamon. indented) heron (sagi). The oval tsuba is Provenance: From a Hungarian private
The tang (nakago) ubu has a mekugi-ana, the tip kurijiri, recognizable, possibly Hungarian private collection The tang (nakago) ubu features mekugi- made of iron and has one hitsu. Bronze collection
and the yasurime (filing marks) kattesagari to kiri. masahisa, a noted master. ana, its tip kurijiri, sujikai-yasurime. fuchi and kashira, the fuchi featuring
Smooth shakudo fuchi Estimate EUR 800,- blossoms. One of the menuki depicts the Estimate EUR 800,-
NAGASA 30 CM and kashira, the kashira Starting price EUR 400,- NAGASA 28.35 CM zen patriarch Daruma, the other blossoms. Starting price EUR 400,-

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