JAPANESE FOR THE EUROPEAN MARKET, EARLY 18TH CENTURY
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A FINE AND RARE SHAKUDO-HILTED SMALL-SWORD FOR A BOY
JAPANESE FOR THE EUROPEAN MARKET, EARLY 18TH CENTURY
WITH TAPERING BLADE OF HEXAGONAL SECTION WITH GILT FORTE ETCHED ON EACH SIDE WITH STRAPWORK, A BIRD, AND A SUN IN SPLENDOUR, PARCEL-GILT HILT DECORATED WITH PLUM BLOSSOMS AND FOLIAGE IN RELIEF AGAINST A PUNCHED AND GILT GROUND AND WITH PIERCED DOUBLE-SHELL GUARD, ORIGINAL GRIP BOUND WITH SILVER WIRE, AND ORIGINAL SCABBARD (BROKEN NEAR THE CHAPE) COVERED IN TOOLED LEATHER WITH SHAKUDO MOUNTS EN SUITE WITH THE HILT
25¼IN. (64.2CM.) BLADE
JAPANESE FOR THE EUROPEAN MARKET, EARLY 18TH CENTURY
WITH TAPERING BLADE OF HEXAGONAL SECTION WITH GILT FORTE ETCHED ON EACH SIDE WITH STRAPWORK, A BIRD, AND A SUN IN SPLENDOUR, PARCEL-GILT HILT DECORATED WITH PLUM BLOSSOMS AND FOLIAGE IN RELIEF AGAINST A PUNCHED AND GILT GROUND AND WITH PIERCED DOUBLE-SHELL GUARD, ORIGINAL GRIP BOUND WITH SILVER WIRE, AND ORIGINAL SCABBARD (BROKEN NEAR THE CHAPE) COVERED IN TOOLED LEATHER WITH SHAKUDO MOUNTS EN SUITE WITH THE HILT
25¼IN. (64.2CM.) BLADE
Provenance
ANON. SALE, SOTHEBY & CO., 16 APRIL 1957, LOT 189
Literature
ANTIQUE COLLECTOR, MARCH/APRIL 1948, P. 53
COUNTRY LIFE, 5 APRIL 1962, P. 757
COUNTRY LIFE, 5 APRIL 1962, P. 757
Exhibited
WILLMER HOUSE MUSEUM, FARNHAM, 3-29 APRIL, 1962, NO. 43
THE ART OF THE ARMOURER, VICTORIA & ALBERT MUSEUM, 19 APRIL-5 MAY 1963, NO. 118
THE ART OF THE ARMOURER, VICTORIA & ALBERT MUSEUM, 19 APRIL-5 MAY 1963, NO. 118