7th May, 2014 10:00
Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria: The John Woodman Higgins Armoury Collection
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**A JAPANESE ARMOUR (TOSEI GUSOKU)
**A JAPANESE ARMOUR (TOSEI GUSOKU), EDO PERIOD
comprising thirty-two plate iron kabuto fitted with mabizashi lacquered red on its underside, engraved and gilt brass tehen, shikoro of three lacquered iron lames, the uppermost with fukigaeshi applied with gilt mon, well modelled lacquered iron mempo with integral nose, fitted with yodarekake of four lames, russet iron lamellar dô, the breast decorated in soft metals with a Bodhisattva seated on a wave lapped rock, and the back with a brief inscription in large characters, kusazuri of five lames, a pair of ko-sode each of six lames, a pair of lacquer and mail kote, iron haidate, and a pair of suneate (extensive wear and disarticulation)
See note at front of catalogue for information concerning stands
Provenance
F. Schnittjer & Son, New York, 29 March 1934,
25.00
JWHA Inv. No. 2048
The helmet is signed Naka Hachiman Minamoto no Giichi (Yoshika) Saku and dated equivalent to August 1860.
Sold for £3,200
**A JAPANESE ARMOUR (TOSEI GUSOKU), EDO PERIOD
comprising thirty-two plate iron kabuto fitted with mabizashi lacquered red on its underside, engraved and gilt brass tehen, shikoro of three lacquered iron lames, the uppermost with fukigaeshi applied with gilt mon, well modelled lacquered iron mempo with integral nose, fitted with yodarekake of four lames, russet iron lamellar dô, the breast decorated in soft metals with a Bodhisattva seated on a wave lapped rock, and the back with a brief inscription in large characters, kusazuri of five lames, a pair of ko-sode each of six lames, a pair of lacquer and mail kote, iron haidate, and a pair of suneate (extensive wear and disarticulation)
See note at front of catalogue for information concerning stands
Provenance
F. Schnittjer & Son, New York, 29 March 1934,
25.00
JWHA Inv. No. 2048
The helmet is signed Naka Hachiman Minamoto no Giichi (Yoshika) Saku and dated equivalent to August 1860.
