25th Jun, 2025 11:00
Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria June 2025
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A JAPANESE SWORD, SIGNED FUJIWARA NO HIROTAKA, EARLY EDO PERIOD
the shortened (o-suriage) blade with ridged cross section (shinogi-zukuri), saki-zori curvature, irregular (midare) tempering pattern (hamon), tang (nakago) with three peg holes (meguki-ana) and a partial fourth, cutting test signature of Inagaki Shigetira, in Edo Period fittings (koshirae) including copper alloy tortoise and crane ornaments (menuki), unsigned iron guard (tsuba), copper alloy hilt collar (fuchi) and pommel (kashira) decorated with foliage motifs (karakusa), in its laquered black scabbard (saya), 72.8 cm blade
A Hozon certificate dated 19th November 1963 is offered with this lot.
Sold for £2,600
the shortened (o-suriage) blade with ridged cross section (shinogi-zukuri), saki-zori curvature, irregular (midare) tempering pattern (hamon), tang (nakago) with three peg holes (meguki-ana) and a partial fourth, cutting test signature of Inagaki Shigetira, in Edo Period fittings (koshirae) including copper alloy tortoise and crane ornaments (menuki), unsigned iron guard (tsuba), copper alloy hilt collar (fuchi) and pommel (kashira) decorated with foliage motifs (karakusa), in its laquered black scabbard (saya), 72.8 cm blade
A Hozon certificate dated 19th November 1963 is offered with this lot.
Auction: Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria June 2025, 25th Jun, 2025
Auction Location: London, UK
The Antique Arms, Armour and Militaria department run by Thomas Del Mar is now a recognised world leader in this field.
The sales offer a broad selection of objects from all over the world, from the earliest times until the Great War. Firearms from the earliest matchlock, wheel-lock, flintlock, percussion and pin-fire guns, rifles, pistols and revolvers; edged weapons from the bronze age, Viking, Medieval and Renaissance periods through to the swords of the regular armies of the 18th and 19th centuries; armour from the earliest times through the medieval and renaissance periods to the First World War; African, Australasian, Chinese, Islamic and Japanese weapons and armour; accessories including gunpowder flasks, gun locks, mechanical locks, iron work and books.
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