the bow painted black with red rattan bindings, a leather grip and a hemp bowstring (tsuru); ten arrows with pointed arrowheads (togari ya) and three flights (hane), one arrow with leaf shaped decorated head (yanagi ba) featuring a Sakura and heart design and four flights, all arrows painted black and red with gold paint near the flights; in a painted red quiver (shiko) with brass and rattan fittings (one bow grip on the quiver unattached and some restorations), the bow 221.0 cm (namisun size) and the quiver 58.0 cm, the ten arrows 89.0 cm, the decorated arrow 96.5 cm (2)
Sold for £160
the bow painted black with red rattan bindings, a leather grip and a hemp bowstring (tsuru); ten arrows with pointed arrowheads (togari ya) and three flights (hane), one arrow with leaf shaped decorated head (yanagi ba) featuring a Sakura and heart design and four flights, all arrows painted black and red with gold paint near the flights; in a painted red quiver (shiko) with brass and rattan fittings (one bow grip on the quiver unattached and some restorations), the bow 221.0 cm (namisun size) and the quiver 58.0 cm, the ten arrows 89.0 cm, the decorated arrow 96.5 cm (2)
Auction: Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria, 4th Dec, 2024
Auction Location: London, UK
Including:
THE BILL TERRY COLLECTION, PART II: NON WESTERN ARCHERY
THE ROY ELVIS COLLECTION OF INDIAN ARMS & ARMOUR, PART V
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF CHARLES SOMERS COCKS, 3RD EARL SOMERS (1819-83), EASTNOR CASTLE, THENCE BY DESCENT
AN IMPORTANT ENGLISH PRIVATE COLLECTION
THE ROBERT E. BROOKER JR. COLLECTION OF RARE ANTIQUE ARMS AND ARMOUR, PART ONE: THE EARLY MODERN PERIOD
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