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A GOLD-LACQUER ARMOR WITH A KAWARI KABUTO
Edo period (1615-1868), 18th century
The suit laced in white and green and the component parts
lacquered gold or black and comprising a zunari kabuto covered with
black boar’s fur and fitted with a black-lacquer mabizashi decorated
with a gold-lacquer simulated rope trim, the small fukigaeshi
lacquered gold, the bowl fitted with a four-lame solid shikoro, the
bowl mounted with a simple gilt-bronze chrysanthemum maedate;
the menpo lacquered black and applied with a thick boar’s-fur
moustache, the lips lacquered red and the teeth silvered, fitted with a
four-lame yodarekake; the ni-mai okegawa do lacquered black at the
top and trimmed with gold-lacquer simulated rope trim and fitted with
six sections of five-lame kusazuri; chu-sode; chain mail and gourd-
plate gote; chain-mail and plate haidate; shino suneate; holder for a
flag; one storage box; one armor stand
US$10,000 - 15,000
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