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Lot 157
A TantoUnsigned, Shin-Shinto
27 July 2006, 10:30 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £504 inc. premium
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Unsigned, Shin-Shinto
Unsigned, Shin-Shinto
The hira-zukuri blade with one mekugi-ana, midare hamon, the samé tsuka with shakudo fuchi decorated with leaves in copper and gold (kashira missing), the menuki in the form of shakudo masks with gold eyes, the shakudo mekugi heads set with gold mon, in its black and gold speckled lacquer saya (damaged) with soft-metal kurikata and saya kanemono (kojiri missing), and fitted with a shakudo kogai, the panel decorated with flowers against a nanako ground
20 cm. blade
20 cm. blade







