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A FINE TANTO
THE KOSHIRAE MEIJI PERIOD,
LATE 19TH CENTURY
短刀、拵、明治時代、19世紀後期
the blade: hira-zukuri with bo-hi on both sides, a narrow
midare hamon
the koshirae: the gnarled wood koshirae inlaid in silver, copper
and gilt with millipedes, snails, slugs and snakes, the fuchi
kashira with grasshoppers amongst flowers and grasses, the
menuki formed as snakes, sentoku kozuka in the form of a
bamboo node
‡ £ 15,000-20,000
€ 16,900-22,600 US$ 19,800-26,400

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A FINE TANTO
THE KOSHIRAE MEIJI PERIOD, LATE 19TH
CENTURY, THE BLADE EDO - MEIJI PERIOD,
19TH CENTURY
短刀、江戸 – 明治時代、19世紀、拵、明治時代、19世紀後期
the blade: hira-zukuri with bo-hi on each side, a su-ken
horimono in the hi on the omote, the hamon gunome midare,
the nakago with 3 mekugi-ana and yamagata-jiri, mumei
the koshirae: the finely detailed sentoku koshirae carved
chased and engraved in high and low relief and inlaid in copper,
shakudo and gilt with a coiled snake emerging from the base
and slithering around the lacquered wood centre, the side with
a frog, the fuchi kashira with centipede and butterflies, snake
and centipede menuki, silver kozuka
The mount: 40.2 cm, 15⅞ in. long

‡ £ 15,000-20,000
€ 16,900-22,600 US$ 19,800-26,400

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A FINE TANTO
THE KOSHIRAE MEIJI PERIOD,
LATE 19TH CENTURY
短刀、拵、明治時代、19世紀後期
the blade: a yoroi-doshi style with a deep koshi-hi with a narrow
hi beneath it
the koshirae: the gnarled wood koshirae inlaid in silver, copper,
gilt and shakudo with a snake emerging from crevices, the
silver fuchi kashira inlaid in gilt and shakudo with grasses, a
slug emerging from the fuchi
The mount: 37 cm, 14⅝ in.
‡ £ 8,000-10,000
€ 9,100-11,300 US$ 10,600-13,200

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