BLADE O-SURIAGE ATTRIBUTED TO YOKOYAMA SUKENAGA, EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
Details
A KATANA IN TACHI MOUNTING
BLADE O-SURIAGE ATTRIBUTED TO YOKOYAMA SUKENAGA, EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
Sugata: [configuration]: broad hon-zukuri katana, deep curve, iori-mune, chu-kissaki
Kitae: [forging pattern]: close ko-itame with mokume
Hamon [tempering pattern]: large gunome choji with ashi and yo of nioi with some ko-nie
Boshi [tip]: midare-komi with ko-maru return
Nakago [tang]: o-suriage, kiri file marks, one double mekugi-ana part lead-filled, kiri tip
Habaki [collar]: silver-clad copper
Nagasa [length of blade]: 69.5cm
Horimono [carving]: maru-dome bohi
Koshirae [mounting]: tachi-style mounting with black ishimeji lacquered saya, the fittings of copper worked overall with a repeating pattern of stylized florets, menuki are rectangular bars with Chinese characters, tachi mokko iron tsuba
BLADE O-SURIAGE ATTRIBUTED TO YOKOYAMA SUKENAGA, EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
Sugata: [configuration]: broad hon-zukuri katana, deep curve, iori-mune, chu-kissaki
Kitae: [forging pattern]: close ko-itame with mokume
Hamon [tempering pattern]: large gunome choji with ashi and yo of nioi with some ko-nie
Boshi [tip]: midare-komi with ko-maru return
Nakago [tang]: o-suriage, kiri file marks, one double mekugi-ana part lead-filled, kiri tip
Habaki [collar]: silver-clad copper
Nagasa [length of blade]: 69.5cm
Horimono [carving]: maru-dome bohi
Koshirae [mounting]: tachi-style mounting with black ishimeji lacquered saya, the fittings of copper worked overall with a repeating pattern of stylized florets, menuki are rectangular bars with Chinese characters, tachi mokko iron tsuba
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.