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KOSHIRA-E (MOUNTING) AND SWORDS
Various Properties
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THREE MAEDATE (HELMET FORECRESTS) A KOSHIRA-E (MOUNTING) FOR A MINIATURE TACHI (SLUNG
Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century SWORD) PROBABLY COMMISSIONED FOR THE BOYS’ FESTIVAL
The first a small forecrest designed as a long-horned oni (demon), Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
carved in wood and decorated in textured gold, black, and red lacquer, The saya (scabbard) finished in gold hiramaki-e and takamaki-e
the ears lacquered red, the eyes and whiskers of gold lacquer, with embellishments of kirikane depicting pine and cherry trees,
11.5cm x 13.2cm (4½in x 5 1/8in); the second of brass and cast in the hills, and a river; the tsuka covered in same (rayskin) with brown silk
form of a variation of the daki-myoga-mon (confronted ginger-shoot tsukamaki wrapping in lozenge pattern, the principal metal fittings
crest), 7.1cm x 8.3cm (2¾in x 3¼in); the third of gold-lacquered wood comprising kabutogane (pommel), menuki (hilt fittings), fuchi kanamono
in the form of a pair of stag antlers, 13.6cm x 11.2cm (collar), tsuba (hand guard) of aoigata form, a single harubigane with
(5 3/8in x 4 3/8in). (3). ashikanamono (sling fitting), semegane (scabbard ring), and sayajiri
(butt piece), the tsuba and harubigane shakudo nanako with gold
£1,000 - 1,500 inlay, the other fittings of iron with gold nunome-zogan, all the fittings
JPY190,000 - 290,000 decorated with kirimon (paulownia crests) and tendrils; held together
US$1,300 - 2,000 by a wood tsukuri blade; with a wood tachikake (slung sword stand)
of standard form painted in gold and mineral pigments with floral
motifs. Length: 49.5cm (19½in). (2).
£4,000 - 6,000
JPY780,000 - 1,200,000
US$5,200 - 7,900

Provenance:
Property from a Princely Collection.

For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
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