Lot 63*
An armour with twenty-four ken suji kabuto and nimai-do armour Mid to late Edo Period, 18th/19th century
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11 May 2010, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £6,000 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistAn armour with twenty-four ken suji kabuto and nimai-do armour
Mid to late Edo Period, 18th/19th century
A sixty-two-plate suji bachi kabuto with a Hineno jikoro of kiritsuke kozane, on the front an shikami maedate, the mabisashi and fukigaeshi with gilt fukurin, and a gilt torii mon on the fukigaeshi. A good yoshi ryu menpo. The do of typical ni mai nuinobe style. Ko sode of kiritsuke kozane, shino gote, kawara haidate and shino and kusari suneate. Black lacquered overall and laced in dark blue sugake and kebiki odoshi. Together with a good armour box lacquered with a torii mon.
A sixty-two-plate suji bachi kabuto with a Hineno jikoro of kiritsuke kozane, on the front an shikami maedate, the mabisashi and fukigaeshi with gilt fukurin, and a gilt torii mon on the fukigaeshi. A good yoshi ryu menpo. The do of typical ni mai nuinobe style. Ko sode of kiritsuke kozane, shino gote, kawara haidate and shino and kusari suneate. Black lacquered overall and laced in dark blue sugake and kebiki odoshi. Together with a good armour box lacquered with a torii mon.
Footnotes
六十二間筋兜 鳥居家紋入紺糸威二枚胴具足 江戸時代中期-後期（18-19世紀）
Saleroom notices
Please note that the title for this lot is 'a composite armour' and not as appears in the catalogue or on the website
