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Lot 320

A Daisho
The Katana Unsigned, Koto

1 December 2009, 14:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

£3,000 - £4,000

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A Daisho
The Katana Unsigned, Koto

The blade with two mekugi-ana, o-suriage, cut with a hi on each side, suguha hamon, mokume hada

The Wakizashi, Unsigned, Koto
The blade with two mekugi-ana, o-suriage, cut with a hi on each side, suguha hamon, mokume hada

The Koshirae
The fully bound tsukas with shakudo-nanako fuchi-kashira decorated in soft-metals with boars and dragons, large gilt dragon menuki, and mokko-shaped shakudo-nanako tsuba decorated with Shi-shi in a landscape by a waterfall in gold and silver, the saya of ribbed brown lacquer decorated with a dragon on the katana and a Shi-shi on the wakizashi amongst clouds in gold, red, black and brown lacquer, the wakizashi complete with shakudo-nanako kodzuka decorated in gold with a dragon and clouds (2)
72 cm. and 50.4 cm. blades

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