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EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY), SIGNED MUNETOSHI SAKU
Details
A SUJIBACHI KABUTO (RIDGED HELMET) AND A MENPO
EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY), SIGNED MUNETOSHI SAKU
Helmet [kabuto]:
The sixteen-plate russet-iron bowl of crisp well finished iron, each plate overlaid with simple iron bajo-shinodare (spatulate plates), the black-lacquered peak secured to the bowl by three simple gilded rivets and with applied iron clouds, mounted with a seven-tier mixed metal tehen-kanamono (finial), the peak and fukigaeshi (turnbacks to the neck-guard) covered with gilded leather and bearing an applied mon (crest)
Neck guard [shikoro]:
The black lacquered itamono ichimanju-jikoro (solid-plate neck guard) with a lower plate textured black and gold and laced in white yosekake style (spaced lacing in groups)
Face mask [menpo]:
The russet-iron ryubu-style mask, the cheeks and chin embossed with wrinkles and a scrolling design, the detachable nose with hinges on both sides, well shaped otayori-no-kugi (pegs beneath the chin), hair moustache and chin tuft, the four-lame black-lacquered itamono yodarekake (solid-plate bibs) laced with mid-blue sugake-odoshi (spaced lacing)
EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY), SIGNED MUNETOSHI SAKU
Helmet [kabuto]:
The sixteen-plate russet-iron bowl of crisp well finished iron, each plate overlaid with simple iron bajo-shinodare (spatulate plates), the black-lacquered peak secured to the bowl by three simple gilded rivets and with applied iron clouds, mounted with a seven-tier mixed metal tehen-kanamono (finial), the peak and fukigaeshi (turnbacks to the neck-guard) covered with gilded leather and bearing an applied mon (crest)
Neck guard [shikoro]:
The black lacquered itamono ichimanju-jikoro (solid-plate neck guard) with a lower plate textured black and gold and laced in white yosekake style (spaced lacing in groups)
Face mask [menpo]:
The russet-iron ryubu-style mask, the cheeks and chin embossed with wrinkles and a scrolling design, the detachable nose with hinges on both sides, well shaped otayori-no-kugi (pegs beneath the chin), hair moustache and chin tuft, the four-lame black-lacquered itamono yodarekake (solid-plate bibs) laced with mid-blue sugake-odoshi (spaced lacing)
Provenance
Christie's London, 15 November 2000, lot 169
Literature
L'art Guerrier au Japon, Samourai (Paris, 1987), p. 79, no. 46; Kei Kaneda, Japanese Armour Makers of the Samurai (Chappelear, 1987), p. 237, pl. 168
Special notice
Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to coral, ivory and tortoiseshell. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country.
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