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Lot 23*,W

A sakura gawa do maru yoroi armour
Late Edo Period, 19th century

Amended
Fine Japanese Art
10 November 2011, 13:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

£25,000 - £30,000

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A sakura gawa do maru yoroi armour

Late Edo Period, 19th century
A good heavy thirty-two-plate russet-lacquered hoshi bachi helmet mounted in nihojiro style with gilt plates overlaid with shinodare, gilt tehen kanamono, on the peak a kuwagata dai and kuwagata and a winged dragon maedate, an o-manju jikoro with large fukigaeshi supporting a large mon in gilt copper, the one-piece leather lining is decorated inside with dragons and clouds. Russet iron menpo with two lame yodarekake with lacquered-leather hishinui and a nodowa. The do in do maru style with gyoyo, chu sode, oda gote, sane haidate, leather tsutsu suneate and a pair of kutsu. Together with a saihai. Constructed with black-lacquered sane laced with reserved dyed sakuragawa in kebiki style and mounted overall in gilt copper. Together with a six-legged karabitsu and a wood stand.

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黒漆塗本小札小桜韋威胴丸具足　江戸時代後期（19世紀）

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Please note that this lot does not come with an armour stand.

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