• Auction 3832

    Samurai Swords and Armour: A Refined Art

    20 November 2014 - 4 December 2014, New York

    SALE TOTAL: 199,250 (USD)
38 Lots for Sale 3832
Lot 1
A Soten-style shakudo tsuba
EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
3 in. (7.62 cm.)
estimate
$400 - $600

price realized
$1,875
Lot 2
A mokko shaped shakudo tsuba
EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
3 in. (7.62 cm.)
estimate
$400 - $600

price realized
$1,187
Lot 4
A round russet iron tsuba
WITH SIGNATURE YANAGAWA NAOMASA, EDO-MEIJI PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
3.25 in. (8.26 cm.)
estimate
$1,000 - $1,200

price realized
$1,250
Lot 5
A mokko shaped iron tsuba
EDO PERIOD (18TH - 19TH CENTURY)
3 in. (7.62 cm.)
estimate
$500 - $700

price realized
$1,375
Lot 6
A round shibuichi tsuba
SIGNED GOTO MITSUTAKA (1721-1784) WITH KAO (CURSIVE MONOGRAM),
2.5 in. (6.35 cm.)
estimate
$1,200 - $1,500

price realized
$3,500
Lot 7
A round shibuichi pierced tsuba
SIGNED ISONO MASAFUSA WITH KAO (CURSIVE MONOGRAM), EDO PERIOD
3 in. (7.62 cm.)
estimate
$500 - $700

price realized
$625
Lot 8
A mokko shaped russet iron tsuba
SIGNED KENZUI, MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY)
3 in. (7.62 cm.)
estimate
$500 - $700

price realized
$1,062
Lot 9
A mokko shaped iron daisho tsuba
EACH SIGNED EISHU HIKONE JU SOTEN SEI, EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
3.25 in. (8.26 cm.) larger one
estimate
$500 - $700

price realized
$1,250
Lot 10
A group of four soft metal tsuba
EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
each 2.75 in. (6.99 cm.) approximately
estimate
$1,500 - $2,000

price realized
$3,750
Lot 11
A group of four iron tsuba
THE SECOND SIGNED SHINTO GOTETSU REN MYOCHIN MUNESUKE, EDO PERIOD (19TH
each 4 in. (10.16 cm.) approximately
estimate
$1,000 - $1,200

price realized
$2,750
Lot 12
A group of five tsuba
THE FIFTH SIGNED ECHIZEN JU MYOCHIN YOSHIHISA SAKU, EDO PERIOD (19TH
each 3 in. (7.62 cm.) approximately
estimate
$1,500 - $2,000

price realized
$4,000
Lot 13
A group of eight tsuba
THE THIRD SIGNED TADATOKI SAKU, EDO PERIOD (18TH –19TH CENTURY)
each 3 in. (7.62 cm.) approximately
estimate
$1,500 - $2,000

price realized
$6,000
Lot 14
A group of eight iron tsuba
THE THIRD SIGNED YUYUSAI TOMONORI, EDO PERIOD (17TH - 19TH CENTURY)
each 3.25 in. (8.26 cm.) approximately
estimate
$1,500 - $2,000

price realized
$3,500
Lot 15
A group of six tsuba
EDO-MEIJI PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
each 3.25 in. (8.26 cm.) approximately
estimate
$1,500 - $2,000

price realized
$3,000
Lot 16
A group of five tsuba
THE FIRST SIGNED SEISEISAI SHOREI, EDO PERIOD (18TH - 19TH CENTURY)
each 3 in. (7.62 cm.) approximately
estimate
$1,500 - $2,000

price realized
$1,875
Lot 17
A group of six iron tsuba
EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
each 3 in. (7.62 cm.) approximately
estimate
$1,500 - $2,000

price realized
$1,875
Lot 18
A group of four iron tsuba
EDO PERIOD, (18TH -19TH CENTURY)
each 3.25 in. (7.62 cm.) approximately
estimate
$1,000 - $1,200

price realized
$2,500
Lot 19
A round russet iron tsuba
SIGNED SHOAMI MATAJIRO, EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY)
3 1/8 in (7.9 cm.)
estimate
$2,000 - $3,000

price realized
$2,500
Lot 20
A round iron tsuba
SIGNED SHUTEN, EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY)
3 1/2 in (8.9 cm.)
estimate
$1,500 - $2,000

price realized
$1,750
Lot 21
A soft-metal-inlaid iron tsuba
SIGNED GOSHU HIKONE JU MOGARASHI KITAGAWA NYUDO SOTEN SEI, EDO PERIOD
3 in (7.6 cm.)
estimate
$1,200 - $1,500

price realized
$3,500
Lot 22
An oval iron Nanban-style tsuba
SIGNED TOTO JU RYURINSAI TOMOYASU, EDO PERIOD (17-18TH CENTURY)
2 3/8 in (6 cm.)
estimate
$1,500 - $2,000

price realized
$1,750
Lot 23
A rounded oblong shakudo tsuba
SIGNED NARA MUNEARI SAKU, EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
2 1/2 in (6.4 cm.)
estimate
$800 - $1,000

price realized
$1,000
Lot 24
A rounded oblong iron tsuba
SIGNED AND DATED KAEI ROKU MI MOSHUN KORE KOKU (CARVED IN THE
3 in (7.6 cm.)
estimate
$2,000 - $3,000

price realized
$4,375
Lot 25
A round shibuichi tsuba
WITH SIGNATURE JOCHIKU, EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
2 1/2 in (6.4 cm.)
estimate
$1,500 - $2,000

price realized
$4,375
Lot 26
A round iron tsuba
SIGNED GOSHU HIKONE JU MOGARASHI NYUDO SOTEN SEI, EDO PERIOD (19TH
2 3/4 in (7 cm.)
estimate
$3,000 - $4,000

price realized
$4,000
Lot 27
A group of Kozuka fitted dessert flatware
EDO - MEIJI PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
8 in. (20.32 cm.) length
estimate
$4,000 - $8,000

price realized
$5,000
Lot 29
A lacquered-wood signal fan (gunbai)
EDO PERIOD (17TH-18TH CENTURY)
24in. (60.9cm.) long
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

price realized
$8,125
Lot 30
A Personal Flag (sashimono)
EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY)
41½ x 29½in. (105.4 x 74.9cm.)
estimate
$2,000 - $3,000

price realized
$2,000
Lot 34
A koto katana
WITH SIGNATURE YOSHIIE, MUROMACHI PERIOD (15TH CENTURY)
estimate
$2,500 - $3,000

price realized
$3,500
Lot 35
A Bushu shinshinto tachi
SIGNED SAKUYO BAKKASHI HOSOKAWA MASAYOSHI TEMPO JUSAN NEN MIZUNOE TORA
estimate
$10,000 - $15,000

price realized
$12,500
Lot 39
A Bizen katana
MUROMACHI PERIOD (EARLY 15TH CENTURY)
estimate
$4,000 - $5,000

price realized
$6,875
Lot 40
A Yamashiro uchigatana
ATTRIBUTED TO CHIKUSHI RYOKAI, MUROMACHI PERIOD (EARLY 15TH CENTURY)
estimate
$8,000 - $10,000

price realized
$10,625
Lot 45
A Bizen tanto
SIGNED BISHU OSAFUNE (NO) JU SUKESADA, MUROMACHI PERIOD (15TH -
estimate
$5,000 - $7,000

price realized
$6,250
Lot 48
An iro-iro odoshi haramaki armor
MOMOYAMA PERIOD (LATE 16TH CENTURY)
estimate
$20,000 - $30,000

price realized
$25,000
Lot 49
A purple laced okegawa torikoshi do gusoku
EDO PERIOD (17TH-18TH CENTURY)
estimate
$20,000 - $30,000

price realized
$25,000
Lot 53
A suji kabuto (helmet) and menpo (face mask)
HELMET SIGNED KOKA NI MIDOSHI HACHIGATSU HIROSAKI (NO) JU MYOCHIN KI (NO)
estimate
$8,000 - $12,000

price realized
$16,250
Lot 55
A hoshi-bachi kabuto (helmet)
EDO-MEIJI PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
15 in. (38.1 cm.) height
estimate
$3,000 - $4,000

price realized
$4,750
Lot 56
A Yamato utsubo (quiver)
EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY)
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

price realized
$8,750
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