Sale 6820
London
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12 November 2003
Price realised
GBP 2,629
Estimate
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
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Literature
Michael Dean, Sado - Island of Gold, International Netsuke Society Journal, Fall 1997, p. 13.
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.
Special Notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis
Saleroom Notice
The result of the Royal Armouries XRF quantitive analysis AM206, is consistent with the dating of the object.
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