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Rare and Fine Antique Arms and Armour, Orders & Militaria

Thursday 11 December 2025 e Friday 12 December 2025, 02:00 PM • Sarzana

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A Tanto in Koshirae, Edo Period (1603-1867)

Estimate

€ 800 - 1.200

Sold

€ 1.000

The price includes buyer's premium

Information

Giappone
length 38 cm.
Hira-zukuri blade, Iori-mune (Nagasa 24 cm). Visible Hamon and Hada. Nakago with a Mekugi-ana. Mumei. Habaki with silver foil coating. In 19th-century koshirae with iron Tsuba with seaweed carvings. Fuchi and Kashira, made of burnished copper, inlaid with Shippu (cloisonné) motif, the former with a grained background, the latter smooth. Tsuka with Samè in stingray leather. Tsuka-ito in black fabric (later?). Menuki in copper depicting Kakuni-uzura (quail on a basket). Saya with an unusual vermilion lacquer coating called “Isokusa-nuri,” depicting a motif of seaweed floating in the sea, a very laborious lacquering technique. Sageo in moss-green fabric. Edo period.

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