EDO PERIOD (17TH CENTURY), INSCRIBED NAGASONE OKISATO

細節

An Edo-Hojoji School Shinto Tanto
Edo period (17th century), inscribed Nagasone Okisato
Hirazukuri, iori-mune with a fine masame forging pattern of ko-nie, the suguha-tempered edge of nioi, ji-nie, chikei, sunagashi and ashi with a long turnback at the tip, the omote carved with a dragon chasing a jewel and the ura carved with a Buddhist ken, tang ubu with one hole and katte sagari file marks, silvered-copper single habaki, in shirasaya, 30.5cm. long; motohaba 3.2cm.

來源

Bashford Dean, New York

注意事項

This lot is offered without reserve. This lot is exempt from Sales Tax.

拍品專文

The Department of Arms and Armor of The Metropolitan Museum of Art opened in 1903 with an exhibition curated by Bashford Dean (1867-1928), who was curator of herpetology and ichthyology at the American Museum of Natural History from 1903 to 1926. The exhibition included many pieces from Dean's own collection. Dean was put in charge of the Department of Arms and Armor in 1903 in an honorary capacity, but was officially appointed curator in 1912, a position he held until he retired in 1927. He gave this blade to the museum in 1914.