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ARMOUR
Various Properties
(Lots 93-105)
93 * W
A HATO-MUNE YOKOHAGI-DO TOSEI GUSOKU ARMOUR
Edo period (1615-1868), circa 1700
The six-plate conical tameshi kabuto (helmet) with its front three plates
with indentations of matchlock balls fired as a proof test; to the rear
a six-lame Hineno jikoro laced with blue sugake odoshi and on the
front a maedate of gilded wood kuwagata; the mask a brief hanbo
with a four-lame yodarekake; the do of horizontal plates with a distinct
medial ridge down the front, on the back a gattari and ukezutsu for a
sashimono, the kusazuri kebiki laced in blue with black bear fur on the
lower plates; kosode, oda gote and shinosuneate; lacquered overall
in black; with an armour storage box.
£3,000 - 4,000
JPY580,000 - 780,000
US$3,900 - 5,200
For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue. SAMURAI · SNOW · SPECTACLE | 57
