Lot 285

WAKIZASHI (COMPANION SWORD) WITH KOSHIRA-E (MOUNTING)

SWORD EIROKU ERA, DATED 1562AD WITH EDO/MEIJI PERIOD MOUNTS

Fine Asian & Islamic Works of Art

Auction: 4 November 2022 from 10:00 GMT

£819

Description

永祿五年（一五六二年） '備前国住長船清光作'款脇差刀帶江戶/明治時期鞘拵

the wakizashi 44.5cm high, blade with deep fuller, nakago (tang) with one hole, dated to the auspicious day of the eighth month in the fifth year of Eiroku Era (永祿五年八月吉日), corresponding to 1562AD, reverse marked 'Bizen-koku-ju Osafune Kiyomitsu-saku' (備前国住長船清光作), with wooden tsuka (hilt) covered in same (ray-skin) and bound in black cord with menuki (hilt grips), the iron tsuba of oval form with gilt copper raised water buffalo and branches with butterfly, in later associated leather covered saya (scabbard)

Dimensions

mounting: 80cm high

Provenance

Provenance: Private Scottish collection, Edinburgh