25th Jun, 2025 11:00
Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria June 2025
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A JAPANESE SHORT SWORD (WAKIZASHI), SIGNED YAMASHIRO DAIJO KUNITSUGU, PROBABLY EDO PERIOD
the blade with ridged cross section (shinogi-zukuri), straight (suguha) tempering pattern (hamon), copper guard (tsuba) imitating a shakudo nanako style guard, depicting a butterfly and foliage, painted black, singular peg hole (mekugi-ana) on the tang (nakago), copper alloy ornaments (menuki) depicting dragonflies, (some staining and damage to the tip (boshi), (scabbard (saya) missing), 47.0 cm blade
the blade with ridged cross section (shinogi-zukuri), straight (suguha) tempering pattern (hamon), copper guard (tsuba) imitating a shakudo nanako style guard, depicting a butterfly and foliage, painted black, singular peg hole (mekugi-ana) on the tang (nakago), copper alloy ornaments (menuki) depicting dragonflies, (some staining and damage to the tip (boshi), (scabbard (saya) missing), 47.0 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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