JAPANESE SWORD, WAKIZASHI, WITH MOUNTING, KOSHIRA-E
LATE EDO PERIOD, CA. 1800
£530
Auction: 13 March 2024 from 10:00 GMT
Description
江戶 脇差 帶鞘拵
single-edged curved blade, tang marked and with single rivet hole, the wooden hilt with white ray-skin grip bound with tape, a menuki bound on each side and with kozuka with signed blade, raised rooster designs to the hilt, the patinated iron tsuba with raised white metal stork standing on one leg, in its plain black lacquer scabbard
Dimensions
70.8cm long including mounting
Provenance
Private Scottish collection, Argyll