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92 A BOYS’-FESTIVAL HELMET
Taisho (1912-1926) or Showa (1926-1989)
48 | BONHAMS era, 20th century
The russet-iron bowl elaborately mounted
in shihojiro style, the front, back, and sides
covered with decorative plates, on the top
an elaborate tehen kanamono, on the front
a kuwagata-dai and kuwagata and a dragon
maedate clutching a jewel, the omanju-style
shikoro gold-lacquered and red-laced in kebiki
style, large fukigaeshi leather-covered with
gilt chrysanthemum crests, unsigned; with a
black-lacquered six-legged storage box and
a wood stand. (6).

£1,000 - 1,500
JPY150,000 - 220,000
US$1,300 - 2,000

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A BOYS’-FESTIVAL HELMET
Taisho (1912-1926) or Showa (1926-1989)
era, 20th century
The russet-iron hoshibachi helmet in early
style with large rivets and a large tehen
and tehen kanamono mounted in nihojiro
style, the front and back plates covered in
silvered plates and gilt shinodare, the sharply
downturned peak with a kuwagata-dai, a large
kuwagata and a gilt-wood dragon maedate,
the omanju-jikoro black-lacquered and laced
in red kebiki odoshi, the large fukigaeshi
leather-covered with a large floral motif in
shakudo and gilt, unsigned; with a black-
lacquered and six-legged storage box and a
wood stand. The helmet storage box
28cm x 37cm x 29cm. (6).

£1,000 - 1,500
JPY150,000 - 220,000
US$1,300 - 2,000

93
A MENPO (MASK)
Edo period (1615-1868), late 18th century
A simple well-formed ryubu-style mask in
russet iron, a detachable nose with turning
pins made in two sections, the upper lip
riveted beneath the nose, simple unadorned
ears and odayori-no-kugi beneath the chin,
the interior red lacquered, a three-lame black-
lacquer iron yodarekake laced in blue sugake
odoshi; unsigned.

£1,800 - 2,200
JPY270,000 - 330,000
US$2,400 - 2,900

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.