The Property of
the Late A. R. DUFTY, Esq., F.S.A.,
formerly Master of the Armouries, H.M. Tower of London
A TANTO IN AIKUCHI MOUNTS, the blade hira-zukuri, mitsu-mune, itame-masame hada with ji-nie, suguha hamon, ubu nakago with signature Kaneuji, late 17th/early 18th century, 29cm., in a black lacquer saya decorated with fish in gold and silver togidashi, shibuichi fuchi-kashira, koiguchi, kurikata, kojiri and kozuka deeply carved with undercut waves with silver and gilt droplets of spray, the kozuka with signature Omori Eishu silvered and gilt menuki formed as ducks
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A TANTO IN AIKUCHI MOUNTS, the blade hira-zukuri, mitsu-mune, itame-masame hada with ji-nie, suguha hamon, ubu nakago with signature Kaneuji, late 17th/early 18th century, 29cm., in a black lacquer saya decorated with fish in gold and silver togidashi, shibuichi fuchi-kashira, koiguchi, kurikata, kojiri and kozuka deeply carved with undercut waves with silver and gilt droplets of spray, the kozuka with signature Omori Eishu silvered and gilt menuki formed as ducks