Jeff Olson
Director
Lot 16
A kaga-style suit of armor Edo period (1615-1868), 18th/19th century
27 October 2021, 10:00 EDT
New YorkUS$15,000 - US$20,000
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A kaga-style suit of armor
Edo period (1615-1868), 18th/19th century
Laced in light blue with white and light green and decorated on the extremities of each component in gold pebbled lacquer, comprising a tall russet-iron 12-plate suji kabuto worked on the surface with visible fie marks, the crown with a slightly forward-leaning five-stage gilt chrysanthemum tehen kanamono and shinodare, the mabizashi applied with tooled gilt leather, the bowl fitted with a five-lame Hineno-style shikoro in russet lacquer, the lowest lame decorated to match the mabizashi, the fukigaeshi applied with gilt-metal ginger-root heraldic crests; the russet-iron menpo applied with a bushy boar-bristle mustache and fitted with a five-lame shikoro laced in dark blue; the cuirass a nimai okegawa do lacquered russet brown and with a gold-lacquer cloud band across the bottom, fitted with six sections of five-lame kusazari suspended with silk brocade, the kote of chain mail of four-in-one links, ending in iron tekko lacquered black; the haidate of rows of russet-iron plates; shino-suneate
With a wood storage box and an armor stand
Laced in light blue with white and light green and decorated on the extremities of each component in gold pebbled lacquer, comprising a tall russet-iron 12-plate suji kabuto worked on the surface with visible fie marks, the crown with a slightly forward-leaning five-stage gilt chrysanthemum tehen kanamono and shinodare, the mabizashi applied with tooled gilt leather, the bowl fitted with a five-lame Hineno-style shikoro in russet lacquer, the lowest lame decorated to match the mabizashi, the fukigaeshi applied with gilt-metal ginger-root heraldic crests; the russet-iron menpo applied with a bushy boar-bristle mustache and fitted with a five-lame shikoro laced in dark blue; the cuirass a nimai okegawa do lacquered russet brown and with a gold-lacquer cloud band across the bottom, fitted with six sections of five-lame kusazari suspended with silk brocade, the kote of chain mail of four-in-one links, ending in iron tekko lacquered black; the haidate of rows of russet-iron plates; shino-suneate
With a wood storage box and an armor stand
