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A Keito no Tachi Pommel
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A Keito no Tachi Pommel

KOFUN PERIOD (4TH-6TH CENTURY)

Details
A Keito no Tachi Pommel
Kofun Period (4th-6th Century)
The gilt bronze pommel with a projecting rectangular tang cast in the form of a keito [the chickenhead of a ho-o] with elaborate comb and wattles, the gilding with malachite and incrustation
3¼in. (8.3cm.) high
Literature
Michael Dean, Sado - Island of Gold, International Netsuke Society Journal, Fall 1997, p. 13.
Special notice
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Sale room notice
The result of the Royal Armouries XRF quantitive analysis AM206, is consistent with the dating of the object.

Lot Essay

For similar examples in the British Museum and the Tokyo National Museum see Basil Robinson, The Arts of the Japanese Sword (London, 1961), pl. 6 and Kanzan Sato and Joe Earle, The Japanese Sword (Tokyo, 1983), pl. 93.

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