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EDO PERIOD (17TH CENTURY)
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A KAWARI KABUTO [HELMET]
EDO PERIOD (17TH CENTURY)
A SIMPLE SHII NARI NACHI [NUT SHAPED BOWL] WITH ADDED IRON PLATES TO TRANSFORM IT INTO THE SHAPE OF A SOZUKIN [A MONKS HOOD], THE SURFACE SMOOTHED AND MOULDED WITH BLACK LACQUER, SMALL FUKIGAESHI [TURN BACKS] FITTED TO A SIMPLE ITAMONO HINENO JIKORO [CLOSE FITTING SOLID PLATE NECK GUARD] LACED IN DARK BLUE KEBIKI ODOSHI [CLOSE LACING]
EDO PERIOD (17TH CENTURY)
A SIMPLE SHII NARI NACHI [NUT SHAPED BOWL] WITH ADDED IRON PLATES TO TRANSFORM IT INTO THE SHAPE OF A SOZUKIN [A MONKS HOOD], THE SURFACE SMOOTHED AND MOULDED WITH BLACK LACQUER, SMALL FUKIGAESHI [TURN BACKS] FITTED TO A SIMPLE ITAMONO HINENO JIKORO [CLOSE FITTING SOLID PLATE NECK GUARD] LACED IN DARK BLUE KEBIKI ODOSHI [CLOSE LACING]
Literature
SASAMA YOSHIHIKO, NIHON NO MEITO, CHUKAN, KAWARI NARI KABUTO HEN (TOKYO, 1978), P. 134
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium