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A LACQUERED SUJI KABUTO IN NANBOKUCHO STYLE
The helmet Momoyama period (1573-1615) 17th century, the
neck guard Edo period (1615-1868), 18th century
The iron suji bachi lacquered russet brown with Edo-period restoration
and mounted with a three-lame solid-plate shikoro laced in teal-colored
kebiki-style lacing, with stenciled leather covering the mabizashi and
fukigaeshi and applied with gilt-copper hollyhock crests and decorative
gilt-copper shikoro kanamono carved in sukashibori, the multi-tier
chrysanthemum tehen kanamono of shakudo and gilt-copper with four
nanakoji shinodare running down the front and back plates, the helmet
with a gilt-copper maedate formed as character ri (Prosperity) within a
circle
4 1/2in (11.4cm) high (helmet bowl)
$4,500 - 5,500

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MYOCHIN MUNENAGA (ACTIVE CIRCA 1700-1720)
A lacquered suji kabuto
Edo period (1615-1868), 18th century
The 62-plate suji bachi lacquered brown and fitted with a four-
stage gilt-copper tehen kanamono, signed on the interior of the
bowl Myochin Munenaga, the five-lame manju shikoro with blue
sugake lacing and terminating in fukigaeshi applied with gilt-copper
chrysanthemum clusters, the bowl adorned with a 19th-century gilt-
copper maedate of flames surrounding a bronze mirror
6in (15.2cm) high (helmet bowl)
$6,000 - 8,000

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