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21. 21W SABI-NURI LACQUERED COMPOSITE ARMOUR
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21. 21W SABI-NURI LACQUERED COMPOSITE ARMOUR
See original version (French)
Estimate €7,000 - €10,000
Voluntary lot
Description
21. 21W SABI-NURI LACQUERED COMPOSITE ARMOUR
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868), 19th century
The iron armour, in kiritsuke kozane style and laced in blue with brown-red highlights, comprising:
a kōchōzan-shaped, 32-plate, russet-lacquered suji bachi kabuto with a five-stage tehen kanamono, fitted with a five-lame dark-brown-lacquered shikoro, adorned with a red-, brown- and gold-lacquered wooden maedate in the shape of a sun and crescent moon;
the brown-lacquered menpō, with two protruding teeth, a black horsehair moustache and a red-lacquered interior, fitted with a four-lame brown-lacquered yodarekake;
a gold-, black-, brown- and russet-lacquered ni-mai yokohagi dō, with large rivet heads, fitted with seven sections of brown-lacquered leather five-lame kusazuri, seven-lame brown-lacquered chū-sode, kusari gote, a brown-lacquered iyo haidate, a russet-lacquered shino suneate and boar-bristle kegutsu; with one wooden storage box.
163 cm (64 1/8 in.) high; kabuto 25.5 cm (10 in.); menpō 17 cm (6 1/2 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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