Lot No. 202


A wakizashi blade


A wakizashi blade - Asian art

Japan, Shinto, 17th century
Blade: shinogizukuri with kiri (traces of battle); boshi: chu-kissaki, kaeri; hamon: Midare ashi, nioi; hada: Itame mokume; nagako: mumei; yasurime: kateagari, 1 mekugiana; kesso: koshi-hi, maru-dome. Traces of corrosion to the tip and lower area of the blade. Length of blade (nagasa): 49 cm: full length: 63 cm. Mounting: saya: black lacquer; fuchi, kashira and kojiri in iron decorated with dragon and leaf décor, part inlaid in gold. Iron tsuba, eight-lobed with gilt inlaid plum blossom. Kozuka: hilt ornamented with the twelve signs of the zodiac, part gilded. Two menuki in the form of bees, parcel-gilt. (BA)

Provenance: From a Viennese private collection.

Specialist: Angelika Borchert Angelika Borchert
+43-1-515 60-641

angelika.borchert@dorotheum.at

18.06.2015 - 17:00

Realized price: **
EUR 1,250.-
Estimate:
EUR 1,200.- to EUR 1,600.-

A wakizashi blade


Japan, Shinto, 17th century
Blade: shinogizukuri with kiri (traces of battle); boshi: chu-kissaki, kaeri; hamon: Midare ashi, nioi; hada: Itame mokume; nagako: mumei; yasurime: kateagari, 1 mekugiana; kesso: koshi-hi, maru-dome. Traces of corrosion to the tip and lower area of the blade. Length of blade (nagasa): 49 cm: full length: 63 cm. Mounting: saya: black lacquer; fuchi, kashira and kojiri in iron decorated with dragon and leaf décor, part inlaid in gold. Iron tsuba, eight-lobed with gilt inlaid plum blossom. Kozuka: hilt ornamented with the twelve signs of the zodiac, part gilded. Two menuki in the form of bees, parcel-gilt. (BA)

Provenance: From a Viennese private collection.

Specialist: Angelika Borchert Angelika Borchert
+43-1-515 60-641

angelika.borchert@dorotheum.at


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Auction: Asian art
Auction type: Saleroom auction
Date: 18.06.2015 - 17:00
Location: Vienna | Palais Dorotheum
Exhibition: 12.06. - 18.06.2015


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