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19. 19W COMPOSITE GOLD-LACQUERED LEATHER ARMOUR
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19. 19W COMPOSITE GOLD-LACQUERED LEATHER ARMOUR
See original version (French)
Estimate €6,000 - €9,000
Voluntary lot
Description
19. 19W COMPOSITE GOLD-LACQUERED LEATHER ARMOUR
Japan, early 20th century
Most component parts made of gold-lacquered leather kiritsuke-kozane, laced in orange with white, green and purple highlights, comprising:
a 28-plate russet-lacquered hoshi-bachi kabuto, adorned with openwork floral plaques, finished with a four-stage metal tehen kanamono, the mabisashi and fukigaeshi adorned with printed leather and metal chrysanthemum crests, and fitted with a four-plate black-lacquered shikoro, the front of the helmet featuring a kuwagatadai pierced with chrysanthemums supporting a kuwagata and an openwork metal chrysanthemum maedate;
the russet-lacquered iron menpō (red-lacquered on the inside and applied over an earlier layer of brown lacquer) with a white horsehair moustache and gilt-lacquered teeth, fitted with a three-lame yodarekake;
a ni-mai dō covered with printed leather, protected by a kyūbi-no-ita and sendan-no-ita, and fitted with eight sections of five-lame kusazuri;
chain-mail and dark-green-lacquered iron plaque kote (possibly 19th century), with gold-lacquered butterfly family crests on the hand plates, a six-lame haidate, and a gold-lacquered iron shino suneate, with one wooden storage box.
155 cm (61 in.) high; kabuto (bowl) 26 cm (10 1/4 in.); menpō 15.5 cm (6 in.) (2).
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
Pictures credits: Contact the Auction House
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