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A ni mai mongara odoshi tachi do tosei gusoku armour Mid Edo Period, late 18th century
10 November 2011, 13:00 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £13,750 inc. premium
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A ni mai mongara odoshi tachi do tosei gusoku armour
Mid Edo Period, late 18th century
A twelve plate black-lacquered iron hoshi bachi kabuto fitted with a tosei mabisashi embossed with eyebrows above which is a maedate of gilded leather horns, the Hineno jikoro or iron kiritsuke kozane laced in red kebiki odoshi, black-lacquered iron menpo with hair moustache and chin tuft the yodarekake laced with white kebiki odoshi; Ko sode of iron kiritsuke kozane laced in dark blue kebiki odoshi, the ni mai do laced in Mongara style, laced mainly in dark blue a large moon in white lacing and gold lacquer has been added on the front and back, the kusazuri laced in red kebiki odoshi with small areas of mail stitch over the yurugi ito; gold lacquered shino gote, ikada haidate (associated) shino suneate, lacquered overall in black with the points of the sane gilded, together with an armour box and stand.
A twelve plate black-lacquered iron hoshi bachi kabuto fitted with a tosei mabisashi embossed with eyebrows above which is a maedate of gilded leather horns, the Hineno jikoro or iron kiritsuke kozane laced in red kebiki odoshi, black-lacquered iron menpo with hair moustache and chin tuft the yodarekake laced with white kebiki odoshi; Ko sode of iron kiritsuke kozane laced in dark blue kebiki odoshi, the ni mai do laced in Mongara style, laced mainly in dark blue a large moon in white lacing and gold lacquer has been added on the front and back, the kusazuri laced in red kebiki odoshi with small areas of mail stitch over the yurugi ito; gold lacquered shino gote, ikada haidate (associated) shino suneate, lacquered overall in black with the points of the sane gilded, together with an armour box and stand.
Footnotes
紺糸紋柄威月紋入二枚立胴当世具足 江戸時代中期(18世紀後期)