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A KatanaUnsigned, Shinto
20 April 2011, 11:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £3,840 inc. premium
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Unsigned, Shinto
Unsigned, Shinto
The blade with two mekugi-ana, midare hamon with tobuyaki and yo, fully bound tsuka with shakudo nanako fuchi-kashira decorated with bamboo in shakudo, copper and gold, large shakudo and gilt menuki in the form of heron, and circular iron sukashi tsuba chiselled and pierced with a turtle and crashing waves with a heron flying above, gold details, in its black lacquer saya (damaged) decorated with herons in flight in gold lacquer
71.9 cm. blade
71.9 cm. blade








