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
18.06.2015 - 17:00
- Realized price: **
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EUR 1,250.-
- Estimate:
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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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