Lot 296
EDO PERIOD (1603-1868), 19TH CENTURY
The eight-plate iron and silk lined suji-bachi kabuto (helmet) with a three-stage tehen kanamono (ornamental ring on topside); on the front, gilt kuwagata-dai supporting a Kirimon (Paulownia) maedate and leather-clad fukigaeshi (turnbacks) and four-plate itazane manju shikoro (rounded neck-guard), the black lacquered ressei menpo (mask with fierce expression) with hair moustache and red pigment on the interior, a four-lame yodarekake (throat guard); o-sode (shoulder guards) of hon kozane, arm guards in the traditional style with vertical plates joined by soft-metal mail, the Do (main trunk armor) in Okegawa Yokohagi-do (bucket shaped cuirass with horizontal construction), the front and the back of the Do with large gold makie-lacquer Tosa Paulownia crest; from the cuirass hangs a six part kusazuri-skirt, the thigh guards (haidate) with vertically laced black metal karuta-plates protect the upper legs with accompanying suneate (iron shin guards); with storage box (yoroibako) also decorated with the Tosa crest.
Estimate $7,000 - $9,000
Wear consistent with age. Fading and discolouration of straps. Finial to helmet lacking, silk frayed in places.
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The Collector's Auction
AUCTION
Sale: LJ8446
2:00pm - 29 March 2022
36-40 Queen Street, Woollahra
VIEWING
Friday 25 - Sunday 27 March, 10am - 4pm
The Bond, 36-40 Queen Street, Woollahra, NSW 2025
CONTACT
Madeleine Norton
sydney@leonardjoel.com.au
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