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Lot 161

A Shibayama-Mounted Tanto, And A Miniature Bone-Mounted Tachi
Both Unsigned, Meiji Period

27 July 2006, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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A Shibayama-Mounted Tanto, And A Miniature Bone-Mounted Tachi
Both Unsigned, Meiji Period

The first with blade carved with a hi on the omote (details of nakago unavailable), the tsuka, tsuba and saya of ivory inlaid with flowers and a bird, butterflies and a fly in mother-of-pearl, horn and hardstones (slight damage, saya cracked), the second carved in sections with scenes of village life (ashi missing) (2)
15.2 cm. and 14.2 cm. blades

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