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Lot 45

An Iroiro-Odoshi no O-Yoroi (A Great Armour With Multi-Coloured Lacing)
Unsigned, Late Edo Period In The Style Of The 15th Century

Antique Arms and Armour

6 April 2006, 13:00 BST

London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £6,000 inc. premium

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An Iroiro-Odoshi no O-Yoroi (A Great Armour With Multi-Coloured Lacing)
Unsigned, Late Edo Period In The Style Of The 15th Century

Comprising black lacquered iron thirty-two plate suji-bachi kabuto overlaid with bronze shinodare, four-stage tehan-kanemono, down-turned mabizashi covered with printed leather and mounted with a gilded kuwagata-dai pierced with foliage and applied with a gilt bird and supporting brass kuwagata and a ken, four lame kebiki laced kozane shikiro with large fukigayeshi covered with printed leather and applied with stylised flowerheads, kebiki laced iron kozane haramaki-do with gilt fitting engraved and pierced with foliage, five lame kebiki laced kusazuri, kebiki laced o-sode with gilt fittings pierced and applied with chrysanthemum kanemono, mounted on a wooden stand and complete with a six legged black lacquered box with large metal fittings engraved with foliage

Footnotes

Exhibited:
The Himeji Province Kyoudo Museum, 20 May 1966 - 25 May 1967. The receipt document and the Museum certificate of gratitude dated 25 May 1967 and signed by the Governor of Himeji Province, Mr. Hisamatsu Sadataka, are included with the lot

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