This auction has ended. View lot details
You may also be interested in
Lot 9
A TantoUnsigned, Koto
24 November 2010, 11:00 GMT
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £1,680 inc. premium
Looking for a similar item?
Our Arms and Armour specialists can help you find a similar item at an auction or via a private sale.
Find your local specialistA Tanto
Unsigned, Koto
Unsigned, Koto
The moroha-tsukuri blade with three mekugi-ana (one plugged) cut with hi on each side, midare hamon of nie, itame hada, fully bound tsuka with copper fuchi and iron kashira each decorated with Chinese coins in shakudo and gold, signed Nara Masatsugu, the menuki also as coins in iron, and the copper tsuba patinated to resemble russet iron in the form of a coin, in its black lacquered saya decorated with coins in gold and bronze lacquer and signed on the back edge, complete with sentoku kodzuka imitating roughened wood and applied with three coins in iron, shakudo and copper, signed Hiroyoshi with kakihan
26.5 cm. blade
26.5 cm. blade








