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Lot 8

A Tanto
Signed Kanemitsu, Shinto

30 November 2016, 11:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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A Tanto
Signed Kanemitsu, Shinto

The hira-zukuri blade cut with a single hi on each side, three mekugi-ana, notare-midare hamon, nashiji hada, fully bound tsuka with shakudo-nanako fuchi-kashira decorated with prunus blossoms in silver and gold, and shakudo and gilt floral menuki, and shakudo-nanako tsuba decorated with kiri mon in gold, in its black lacquered saya with iron kurikata decorated with flowers and a butterfly in soft metals, iron kojiri decorated with soft metal flower-heads, the shakudo-nanako kodzuka decorated in gold with a crayfish
28.8 cm. blade

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