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Lot 42Ф,Y

A Fine Shibayama Mounted Tanto
DETAILS OF NAKAGO UNAVAILABLE

26 November 2014, 10:30 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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A Fine Shibayama Mounted Tanto
DETAILS OF NAKAGO UNAVAILABLE

The hira-zukuri blade with midare hamon and gold inscription, the tsuka and saya decorated with numerous insects, butterflies, moths, ants, a spider, locust, snail and a snake in horn, mother-of-pearl, tortoiseshell, coral and ivory, the tsuka surmounted by a rat in boxwood (slightly chipped), and complete with kodzuka decorated en suite
21.2 cm. blade

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