Page 141 - 2019 September 11th Bonhams Japanese and Korean Art NYC

984
A FINE AND HEAVY KO-BOSHI KABUTO (HELMET WITH
STANDING RIVETS)
Muromachi (1333-1573) or Momoyama (1573-1615) period,
16th/17th century
Of unusual form with a somewhat flat crown, constructed of 62
plates riveted together with the small rivets left raised in relief and
lacquered black, the front and back of the bowl with shiho decorated
with clouds and dots in gold and silver hiramaki-e and applied with
shinodare, the rear of the interior applied with a paper inscribed
Norikuni sho saku (Made by Norikuni) with attestation Edo no ju
Osumi no kami Munemasa (Munemasa, Lord of Osumi, living in Edo)
and with a kao, the mabizashi and fukigaeshi applied with stenciled
leather, the front of the bowl fitted with lacquered leather kuwagata-
style maedate in a gilt-metal and shakudo kuwagata-dai, with a large
shikoro of hon kozane wrapped in leather, the fukigaeshi applied with
circular crests
5 1/2in (14cm) high (helmet bowl)

$20,000 - 30,000
Provenance
Kyoto Arashiyama Museum Collection

Published (another view)
Kyoto Arashiyama Bijutsukan, Tetsu to urushi no geijitsu, Kyoto
Arashiyama Bijitsukan zo hinshu (Iron and lacquer artworks from the
collection of the Kyoto Arashiyama Museum), Kyoto: 1986
FINE JAPANESE AND KOREAN ART | 139