Lot Essay
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SIGNED KANEFUSA, MUROMACHI PERIOD (16TH CENTURY)
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A MOUNTED MINO SEKI KATANA
Signed Kanefusa, Muromachi period (16th century)
The blade of relatively shallow curve with a substantial kirikomi kizu on the mune near the kissaki, itame nagare hada, suguha-cho with kogunome and ashi in the lower part, becoming a complex hamon of gunome midare with yubashiri, tobiyaki in the upper part, the boshi indistinct, the tang with sensuki file marks, suriage, with katana mei Kanefusa, the uchigatana koshirae with saya of spiral vermillion lacquer, fuchi kashira of shibuichi with leaves inlaid with copper and gilt, mokko iro tsuba with tree and puppy in high relief with copper and gold details, oblong copper menuki with fish in high relief, and the other of shakudo nanako with Hotei and another figure in high relief, length 70.5cm.
Signed Kanefusa, Muromachi period (16th century)
The blade of relatively shallow curve with a substantial kirikomi kizu on the mune near the kissaki, itame nagare hada, suguha-cho with kogunome and ashi in the lower part, becoming a complex hamon of gunome midare with yubashiri, tobiyaki in the upper part, the boshi indistinct, the tang with sensuki file marks, suriage, with katana mei Kanefusa, the uchigatana koshirae with saya of spiral vermillion lacquer, fuchi kashira of shibuichi with leaves inlaid with copper and gilt, mokko iro tsuba with tree and puppy in high relief with copper and gold details, oblong copper menuki with fish in high relief, and the other of shakudo nanako with Hotei and another figure in high relief, length 70.5cm.