Lot 46
46
A military mounted katana with silk bound shagreen hilt, foliate moulded bronze mounts and ribbed wooden scabbard -- 26¾in. (68cm) long; circa 1900; and a tanto with silk bound shagreen hilt, plain oval iron tsuba and smooth black lacquered wooden scabbard -- the blade 11½in. (29.2cm) long, circa 1800, signed Kuni Mitsu. (2)

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A military mounted katana with silk bound shagreen hilt, foliate moulded bronze mounts and ribbed wooden scabbard -- 26¾in. (68cm) long; circa 1900; and a tanto with silk bound shagreen hilt, plain oval iron tsuba and smooth black lacquered wooden scabbard -- the blade 11½in. (29.2cm) long, circa 1800, signed Kuni Mitsu. (2)