A REPOUSSE IRON KABUTO formed as a conch shell from twenty-eight plates of iron fire welded together, the surface with diagonal striations, the large mabezashi without decoration, the shikoro lacking, 18th century
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A REPOUSSE IRON KABUTO formed as a conch shell from twenty-eight plates of iron fire welded together, the surface with diagonal striations, the large mabezashi without decoration, the shikoro lacking, 18th century
拍品專文
This possibly unique use of multiple plates avoids the thinning of the metal associated with the one piece kabuto of this shape