Lot 21*,W
A composite armour Mid to late Edo Period, 18th/19th century
10 November 2011, 13:00 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £4,750 inc. premium
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A composite armour
Mid to late Edo Period, 18th/19th century
Comprising an eighteen-plate russet-iron suji bachi kabuto well made and finished with an indistinct signature, the maedate of a gilded wood shachihoko, a Hineno jikoro of five lame black-lacquered itamono laced in blue sugake style, a well-formed russet iron hambo, chu sode of kiritsuke kozane black-lacquered and laced in dark blue kebiki odoshi; the ni mai tachi do laced overall in dark blue kebiki style with the character kokoro (heart) worked into the lacing on the front in white lacing and silver lacquer; black-lacquered shino gote, kawara haidate and shino suneate, together with an armour box and stand.
Comprising an eighteen-plate russet-iron suji bachi kabuto well made and finished with an indistinct signature, the maedate of a gilded wood shachihoko, a Hineno jikoro of five lame black-lacquered itamono laced in blue sugake style, a well-formed russet iron hambo, chu sode of kiritsuke kozane black-lacquered and laced in dark blue kebiki odoshi; the ni mai tachi do laced overall in dark blue kebiki style with the character kokoro (heart) worked into the lacing on the front in white lacing and silver lacquer; black-lacquered shino gote, kawara haidate and shino suneate, together with an armour box and stand.
Footnotes
紺糸威心字入二枚立胴当世具足 江戸中期/後期（18/19世紀）
