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EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY)
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A FIRE HELMET
Edo Period (18th Century)
The iron bowl gold lacquered and mounted with the typical broad peak and wide fukigayeshi, the latter gilded, and a multi stage tehen kanamono decorated with a fringe of grey hair, a fore crest [mayedate] of lacquered wood in the form of crossed fans mounted on the front, fitted to the lower edge is a large cape in blue Dutch cloth lined with green silk
Edo Period (18th Century)
The iron bowl gold lacquered and mounted with the typical broad peak and wide fukigayeshi, the latter gilded, and a multi stage tehen kanamono decorated with a fringe of grey hair, a fore crest [mayedate] of lacquered wood in the form of crossed fans mounted on the front, fitted to the lower edge is a large cape in blue Dutch cloth lined with green silk
Sale room notice
Please note that the bowl is of leather and not of iron. The hair are not a fringe as described in the catalogue, but tofts from holes in the bowl. The mayedate is not of wood but copper and gilded copper.