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Lot 15

A Tanto
Unsigned, Shin-Shinto

25 July 2007, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

£900 - £1,200

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A Tanto
Unsigned, Shin-Shinto

The hira-zukuri blade with one mekugi-ana, midare hamon of nie with eyes, leather wrapped tsuka with iron fuchi-kashira decorated with leaves and tendrils in gold and silver, copper menuki in the form of playful puppies, and oval iron tsuba decorated en suite with the tsuka, in its black ishime lacquered saya with large iron kojiri chiselled with a dragon and clouds, saya kanemono of a shakudo dragon, and complete with iron kodzuka chiselled with a dragon and clouds with soft-metal details
27.8 cm. blade

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