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6. 6W BLACK-LACQUERED ARMOUR WITH A MYŌCHIN HELMET
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6. 6W BLACK-LACQUERED ARMOUR WITH A MYŌCHIN HELMET
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Estimate €12,000 - €15,000
Voluntary lot
Description
6. 6W BLACK-LACQUERED ARMOUR WITH A MYŌCHIN HELMET
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868), 18th/19th century
The black-lacquered iron armour, laced in green with orange highlights, comprises a 16-plate russet-iron sujibachi with a four-stage chrysanthemum tehen kanamono, the three-lame kasa jikoro ending in large fukigaeshi with silvered kuyōmon (celestial bodies family crest), the helmet adorned with large silvered-metal maedate bearing the kuyōmon crest, the bowl signed on the inside ‘Myōchin Ki no Munesada saku’ and featuring a kaō; the russet-lacquered ressei menpō with deep wrinkles and a three-lame yodarekake; the gomai yokohagi okegawa dō fitted with seven sections of five-lame kusazuri; chūsode; shino gote with chain mail; karuta haidate; tsubo suneate; with an armour stand and one wooden storage box.
Accompanied by a Ninteisho certificate no. 2218 issued by the Katchū Bugu Kenkyū Hozonkai (Society for the Study and Preservation of Japanese Armour), dated 9 June 2024.
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To be sold without reserve
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About the sale
Asian Decorative Art, including Japanese Weapons and Armour, from a European Collection
Auction location
Auction time
10/23/2026 at 12:00 PM
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