6 Nov 2012
10:30 GMT
London, New Bond Street
Fine Japanese Art Morning Session
Back to auction 20023
Fine Japanese Art Morning Session
Back to auction 20023
A shakudo-mounted late koto wakizashi
By Kanemoto, late 16th century
The blade of shinogi-zukuri form with sanbon-sugi-ha of nioi and mokume-hada, the ubu-nakago with one mekugi-ana, signed Kanemoto; koshirae: the saya of roiro lacquer; the shakudo tsuba carved, pierced and inlaid with a village scene by a winding stream; the Mino-Goto kozuka of shakudo nanako, with a man and boy seated in a pavilion admiring kiku growing by a stream, with rich gilt details; the shakudo fuchi-gashira carved and inlaid with a nobleman, probably intended for Yoshitsune, playing the flute and his running horse, signed Kusano Hirotsugu, with shakudo gilt-metal menuki of flower arrangements. The blade 49cm (19¼in) long. (3).
The blade of shinogi-zukuri form with sanbon-sugi-ha of nioi and mokume-hada, the ubu-nakago with one mekugi-ana, signed Kanemoto; koshirae: the saya of roiro lacquer; the shakudo tsuba carved, pierced and inlaid with a village scene by a winding stream; the Mino-Goto kozuka of shakudo nanako, with a man and boy seated in a pavilion admiring kiku growing by a stream, with rich gilt details; the shakudo fuchi-gashira carved and inlaid with a nobleman, probably intended for Yoshitsune, playing the flute and his running horse, signed Kusano Hirotsugu, with shakudo gilt-metal menuki of flower arrangements. The blade 49cm (19¼in) long. (3).
Estimate:
£1,500 - 1,800
JPY 230,000 - 280,000
US$ 2,300 - 2,700
JPY 230,000 - 280,000
US$ 2,300 - 2,700
Footnotes
- 脇差 銘「兼元」 16世紀後期
附 黒蝋色塗鞘刀拵
With a Token Society of Great Britain certificate for the blade and NTHK certificate for the mounts.
Category: Asian Art / Japanese Art
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