6 Nov 2012
10:30 GMT
London, New Bond Street
Fine Japanese Art Morning Session
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Fine Japanese Art Morning Session
Back to auction 20023
A Namban kabuto (helmet)
Early Edo Period, 17th century
Of six vertical plates with roped edges overlaid with pierced iron plates the design outlined with a silver dragon at the centre of each, at the top a round plate overlaid by four pierced and fluted chrysanthemum plates with a silver and gilt boss at the centre, a small rounded peak with roped iron edge above a brow plate cusped over the eyes with applied eyebrows and edged with a copper fukurin, the ko manju jikoro or iron kiritsuke kozane black lacquered and laced in blue kebiki odoshi, simple black-lacquered fukigaeshi with a cherry blossom in silver; with a wood storage box.
Wood storage box 28.5cm x 37cm x 36.2cm (11¼in x 14½in x 14¼in). (2).
Of six vertical plates with roped edges overlaid with pierced iron plates the design outlined with a silver dragon at the centre of each, at the top a round plate overlaid by four pierced and fluted chrysanthemum plates with a silver and gilt boss at the centre, a small rounded peak with roped iron edge above a brow plate cusped over the eyes with applied eyebrows and edged with a copper fukurin, the ko manju jikoro or iron kiritsuke kozane black lacquered and laced in blue kebiki odoshi, simple black-lacquered fukigaeshi with a cherry blossom in silver; with a wood storage box.
Wood storage box 28.5cm x 37cm x 36.2cm (11¼in x 14½in x 14¼in). (2).
Sold for
£31,250
inc. premium
Footnotes
- 南蛮兜 江戸時代前期（17世紀）
Category: Asian Art / Japanese Art
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