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A TOBIBASHI KAWARI KABUTO (ECCENTRICALLY SHAPED HELMET) Edo period (1615-1868), 17th century image 1
A TOBIBASHI KAWARI KABUTO (ECCENTRICALLY SHAPED HELMET) Edo period (1615-1868), 17th century image 2
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A TOBIBASHI KAWARI KABUTO (ECCENTRICALLY SHAPED HELMET)
Edo period (1615-1868), 17th century

27 October 2021, 10:00 EDT
New York

Sold for US$15,300 inc. premium

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A TOBIBASHI KAWARI KABUTO (ECCENTRICALLY SHAPED HELMET)

Edo period (1615-1868), 17th century
The iron helmet worked to resemble the beak of a kite, lacquered entirely in black and mounted with a five-lame Hineno jikoro decorated in bright kinpaku (applied gold foil) and laced in dark blue in kebiki-style lacing, the front adorned with a maedate in the form of a butterfly

With Tokubetsu Hozon (Especially Worthy of Preservation) certificate no. 12042115 issued by the Kokusai Nihon Kachu Bugu Shinko Kyokai (International Society for the Promotion of Japanese Armor)
8 1/4in (20.9cm) high, the helmet only

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