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EDO PERIOD (17TH-18TH CENTURY)
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A HOSHI KABUTO [HELMET]
Edo Period (17th-18th century)
The sixty-two plate iron hoshi-bachi [riveted helmet bowl] with copious pointed rivets and suji [ridges] lacquered in sabiage [simulation of russet iron], five-tier hachimanza [decorative fixture at aperture of crown] of copper, silver, and gilt, five-tier Etchu-jikoro [neck guard], broad mabisashi [peak] with three gilt rivets and gilt fukurin [edging], iron fixtures for maedate [fore-crest] and okodate [side crests]; and a matching sabiage [lacquered in simulation of russet] iron menpo with bushy bristle moustache and chin tuft, large ase nagashi-no-ana [aperture under chin] (2)
Edo Period (17th-18th century)
The sixty-two plate iron hoshi-bachi [riveted helmet bowl] with copious pointed rivets and suji [ridges] lacquered in sabiage [simulation of russet iron], five-tier hachimanza [decorative fixture at aperture of crown] of copper, silver, and gilt, five-tier Etchu-jikoro [neck guard], broad mabisashi [peak] with three gilt rivets and gilt fukurin [edging], iron fixtures for maedate [fore-crest] and okodate [side crests]; and a matching sabiage [lacquered in simulation of russet] iron menpo with bushy bristle moustache and chin tuft, large ase nagashi-no-ana [aperture under chin] (2)
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VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 20% on the buyer's premium.