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Japan 2155

NIMAI DÔ ARMOR WITH
HELMET AND MASK.
NIMAI DÔ - RÜSTUNG MIT
ZUNARI KABUTO UND MASKE.
Japan. Edo period (1603 - 1868).

Iron, bronze, lacquer, leather, silk.
Okegawa tatehagi cuirass (nimai dô)
covered with leather, gessan with green
lacing. Watagami with textile kohire of
kikkô brigandine. Shoulder (sode) with
six parts. Etchû thigh protection (haidate)
with so - gusari chainmail, also shinogote.
Helmet zunari kabuto in hineno - form
with large fukigaeshi. Five - row shikoro,
maedate crescent - shaped, overpainted.
Hanbô mask with three - row tare, both
lacquered red inside. Condition C.
Altered, lacquered and parts replaced.

Provenance:
- Collection Ulrich Braun (1941 - 97),
acquired in the European art trade since
approx. 1964.
€ 3.000 – 4.000 | $ 3.330 – 4.440

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