8th Dec, 2021 12:00
Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria
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A HIRA-ZUKURI TANTO, PROBABLY MUROMACHI PERIOD
A HIRA-ZUKURI TANTO, PROBABLY MUROMACHI PERIOD
Hamon (tempering pattern): obscured by rubbing but may be choji-gunome (clove pattern)
Nakago (tang): ubu (unaltered) with one mekugi-ana (peg hole) and kiri-jiri (straight base), indistinctly signed on the omote (front side) Bizen Osafune and dated on the ura (reverse) Eiroku Ni Nen Yon Gatsu Nichi (1561)
Nagasa (length): 26.3 cm, saki-haba (width at the point) 2 cm, moto-haba (width at the lower end of the blade) 2.5 cm
Koshirae: black lacquered saya (scabbard) with white ito (thread) over samé (ray skin), silver menuki (hilt ornaments) and floral fuchi / kashira (ornaments at top and bottom of the handle), Nambam style oval tsuba (hand guard)
Sold for £1,100
A HIRA-ZUKURI TANTO, PROBABLY MUROMACHI PERIOD
Hamon (tempering pattern): obscured by rubbing but may be choji-gunome (clove pattern)
Nakago (tang): ubu (unaltered) with one mekugi-ana (peg hole) and kiri-jiri (straight base), indistinctly signed on the omote (front side) Bizen Osafune and dated on the ura (reverse) Eiroku Ni Nen Yon Gatsu Nichi (1561)
Nagasa (length): 26.3 cm, saki-haba (width at the point) 2 cm, moto-haba (width at the lower end of the blade) 2.5 cm
Koshirae: black lacquered saya (scabbard) with white ito (thread) over samé (ray skin), silver menuki (hilt ornaments) and floral fuchi / kashira (ornaments at top and bottom of the handle), Nambam style oval tsuba (hand guard)
Auction: Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria, 8th Dec, 2021
