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         HELMET (KABUTO) WITH MASK,                                                                                           AMOR (YOROI) WITH
         ARMOR PARTS AND A SPEAR                                                                                              HELMET AND MASK.
         (SODEGAMI).                                                                                                          RÜSTUNG (YOROI) MIT
         HELM (KABUTO) MIT MASKE,                                                                                             HELM UND MASKE.
         RÜSTUNGSTEILE UND EINE                                                                                               Japan. Edo period (1603 - 1868).
         STANGENWAFFE (SODEGAMI).
         Japan. Late Edo period (1603 - 1868) - Meiji                                                                         Iron, bronze, lacquer, silk, leather.
         period (1868 - 1912).                                                                                                Okegawa cuirass (nimai dô) in yokohagi
                                                                                                                              manner with matsu mon. Waki -  and
         Iron, bronze, lacquer, silk, leather. Helmet                                                                         mune - ita covered with leather, saihai
         (kabuto) from sixteen plates with typical                                                                            tsuke - no - kan, watagami with textile
         rivets. Mabizashi and fukigaeshi with                                                                                kobire, kikkô reinforced. Gattari on the
         stenciled leather (egawa). Maedate                                                                                   back. Seven parted gessan, each with five
         with wisteria coat of arms (fuji mon).                                                                               kozane gashira lames fitting the sode.
         Three - row kasa jigoro. Meiji period.                                                                               Etchû thigh protection (haidate) with
         Okina - men mask with moustache,                                                                                     matsuba wa (knee guard), kaga - gote
         three - row tare. b) Two smaller koishi                                                                              and shoulder pieces (sode) in kebiki ai
         gashira shoulder parts (ko - sode), kanagu                                                                           oboshi. Pair of chained suneate splints.
         mawari part of armor with red lacing, pair                                                                           Condition C. Revised, lacquered and parts
         of shin guards (shino suneate) and kawari                                                                            replaced.
         haidate. c) Pole weapon (sodegarami).
         Length128cm. In use from 13th - 18th c.,                                                                             € 3.500 – 4.500 | $ 3.885 – 4.995
         probably later. Condition B/C. Altered and
         lacquered.
         Provenance:
          - Collection Ulrich Braun (1941 - 97),
         acquired in the European art trade since
         approx. 1964.
         € 1.700 – 2.300 | $ 1.887 – 2.553




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                                                                           ARMOR (YOROI) WITH
                                                                           HELMET AND MASK.
                                                                           RÜSTUNG (YOROI) MIT
                                                                           HELM UND MASKE.
                                                                           Japan. Edo period (1603 - 1868).

                                                                           Iron, bronze, lacquer, silk, leather, fur.
                                                                           Môgami cuirass (gomai dô) with bearskin
                                                                           stripes at the lower edge, fan shaped
                                                                           saihai tsuke - no - kan, kurijime - no - o - kan
                                                                           and gattari. Kawara thigh protection
                                                                           (haidate) with four rows, so - gusari sleeves
                                                                           (kote) and shoulder pieces (sode) joint
                                                                           together. Helmet (kabuto) composed
                                                                           from twelve plates, one fukigaeshi
                                                                           supplemented. Five - row shikoro with
                                                                           structured lacquer (sabi urushi), tehen
                                                                           flower - shaped, mabizashi with coat
                                                                           of arms, maedate replaced. Half mask
                                                                           (hanbô mempo) with three - step tare.
                                                                           Condition C. Altered, lacquered and parts
                                                                           replaced.
                                                                           Provenance:
                                                                            - Collection Ulrich Braun (1941 - 97),
                                                                           acquired in the European art trade since
                                                                           approx. 1964.

                                                                           € 2.500 – 3.000 | $ 2.775 – 3.330


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