An armor with a nuinobu do 18th century
An armor with a nuinobe do
Edo period, 18th century
Laced in blue with orange and white highlights, the Eboshi nari kabuto lacquered black with a silver lacquer heraldic crest on the front, the mabisashi and fukigaeshi applied with kinkirikawa leather decorated with scrolling vines in Momoyama-period fashion and edged with "rope" shakudo fukurin and heraldic crests, a five-lame shikoro covered in brown leather with each lame trimmed on the top edge in shakudo fukurin, a large crescent gold-lacquer maedate decorates the front of the helmet; the menpo lacquered russet brown with a mustache and three-lame yodarekake; nuinobe do laced in sugake with the top and bottom sections laced in kebiki odoshi and decorated on the muna ita, waki ita and oshitsuke no ita to match the helmet, a large silver-lacquer heraldic crest decorates the front, with seven sections of five-lame kusazuri, one at the left side laced in orange and white; chusode; ikada gote with heraldic crests on the tekko; kawara haidate; shino suneate; with jacket and accouterments decorated with the family crest; wood storage box; no armor stand
Sold for US$ 8,540 inc. premium

Category: Asian Art / Japanese Art


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