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AN EBOSHI STYLE KABUTO A FINE AKODA-NARI KABUTO
[HELMET] [HELMET] AND A HANBO [MASK]
MOMOYAMA PERIOD, LATE 16 TH THE KABUTO, MUROMACHI PERIOD,
CENTURY 15 TH CENTURY; THE HANBO, EDO
烏帽子形兜、桃山時代、16世紀後半 PERIOD, 17 TH CENTURY
五十二間阿古陀形兜、室町時代、15世紀、
the iron eboshi [court cap] form decorated in 半頬、江戸時代、17世紀
gold and black lacquer, now worn with age,
fukigaeshi [turnbacks] in gold lacquer, five- the black lacquer suji kabuto of akoda-nari
tier shikoro [neckguard] with blue lacing style with elaborate copper-gilt fittings,
32 cm., 12½ in. wide. forty-eight plates, gilt engraved kanemono
and fukigaeshi [turnbacks], decorated in
£ 15,000-20,000 stencilled leather, mitsukuwagata dai, four-
€ 17,700-23,500 US$ 19,900-26,500
tier shikoro[neckgaurd], with iron hanbo with
three-tier shikoro yodare-kake [bib]
(2)
45 cm., 16½ in. wide.
EXHIBITED
Samurai exhibition in the Wereldmuseum in
th
Rotterdam (11 October 2012-24 March
th
2013).
LITERATURE
Bas J.M. Verberk, Samurai, exhibition in the 54 (part lot)
Wereldmuseum, (Rotterdam, 2012), p. 138.
£ 30,000-40,000
€ 35,300-47,000 US$ 39,700-53,000
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