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Tuesday 25 March 2025 e Wednesday 26 March 2025, 02:00 PM • Sarzana

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A tanto in aikuchi mount, Periodo Edo (1603-1867)

Estimate

€ 250 - 450

Sold

€ 438

The price includes buyer's premium

Information

Japan
length 31,5 cm.
Unokubi-zukuri blade, iori-mune (nagasa: 19.2 cm), with traces of hamon and visible hada, small pitting on the back on one side, cleaning marks. Nakago mumei. Copper habaki. In 19th-century aikuchi mount with brass-coloured fuchi and kabutogane engraved with leaves and worked en suite. Menuki with traces of gilding (perhaps dragonflies?) Old tsuka-ito of black silk aiguillette (small damaged parts), ray skin same. Wooden saya with glossy black lacquer (finishing with small missing parts) and kojiri worked en suite with the grip mounts. Compartments for kogatana and kogai (missing).