Lot 11*
A KatanaSigned Norishige (Gakumei), Koto
24 November 2021, 10:30 GMT
London, Knightsbridge£6,000 - £8,000
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Signed Norishige (Gakumei), Koto
Signed Norishige (Gakumei), Koto
The o-suriage blade with two mekugi-ana, midare hamon with tobiyaki, itame hada, the copper habaki chiselled and inlaid in gold, silver and shakudo on one side with an open fan and on the reverse with a pigeon, fully bound tsuka with shakudo-nanako fuchi-kashira decorated with chrysanthemum heads in gold and shibuichi, soft-metal menuki decorated en suite, and circular iron tsuba with shakudo rim chiselled with various samurai in a landscape, soft-metal details, full Soten signature and made at the age of 75, in its longitudinally ribbed black ishime lacquered saya
63.9 cm. blade
63.9 cm. blade
Footnotes
Provenance
Acquired from the Parisian dealer Aoyama in July 1954
E.A. Christensen Collection sold in these Rooms, 28 November 2012, lot 12
Literature
Ada Bruhn Hoffmeyer, Gammelt Jern, E.A. Christensens Våbensamling, 1968, pp. 279 and 290, cat. no. 313, fig. 65