25th Jun, 2025 11:00
Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria June 2025
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A JAPANESE SWORD (KATANA), SIGNED KIYONDO, DATED 1866
the blade with ridged cross section (shinogi-zukuri), straight (suguha) tempering pattern (hamon) with some waves (notare), the tang signed Kiyondo on one side and dated 'second month of the second year of the Keio Period (March 1866)', sword guard (tsuba) from the Shoami school, depicting a large sake jar (tsubo) on one side with a ladel on the other, later drill hole, black bindings on the grip (tsuka), copper alloy collar (fuchi) and pommel (kashira), copper alloy ornament (menuki) on the grip, in its WWII regulation shin-gunto leather-covered scabbard (saya), 72.3 cm blade
Sold for £1,500
the blade with ridged cross section (shinogi-zukuri), straight (suguha) tempering pattern (hamon) with some waves (notare), the tang signed Kiyondo on one side and dated 'second month of the second year of the Keio Period (March 1866)', sword guard (tsuba) from the Shoami school, depicting a large sake jar (tsubo) on one side with a ladel on the other, later drill hole, black bindings on the grip (tsuka), copper alloy collar (fuchi) and pommel (kashira), copper alloy ornament (menuki) on the grip, in its WWII regulation shin-gunto leather-covered scabbard (saya), 72.3 cm blade
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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