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Lot Essay
PUBLISHED:
C. R. Boxer, European Influence on Japanese Sword-Fittings, 1543-1853 in The Transactions and Proceedings of the Japan Society, London, vol. 28, Fortieth Session, 1930-1931 (The Japan Society, London, 1931), no. 9
Other examples of this design with slight variations formerly in the collections of Henri Verver and Carlo Manzino were sold at Sotheby's, London, The Henri Vever Collecion of Japanese Works of Art, 24, October, 1972, lot 227; The Carlo Monzino Collection of Japanese Sword Fittings and Swords, The Property of a Private Trust, 18 June, 1996, lot 399; Sydney L. Moss Ltd, London, Only Fittings, Japanese Sword Furniture from and Old English Collection, Part 1, no.32, where the present lot is cited
C. R. Boxer, European Influence on Japanese Sword-Fittings, 1543-1853 in The Transactions and Proceedings of the Japan Society, London, vol. 28, Fortieth Session, 1930-1931 (The Japan Society, London, 1931), no. 9
Other examples of this design with slight variations formerly in the collections of Henri Verver and Carlo Manzino were sold at Sotheby's, London, The Henri Vever Collecion of Japanese Works of Art, 24, October, 1972, lot 227; The Carlo Monzino Collection of Japanese Sword Fittings and Swords, The Property of a Private Trust, 18 June, 1996, lot 399; Sydney L. Moss Ltd, London, Only Fittings, Japanese Sword Furniture from and Old English Collection, Part 1, no.32, where the present lot is cited