A COLLECTION OF SIX JAPANESE LACQUERED JINGASA (WAR HATS)

A COLLECTION OF SIX JAPANESE LACQUERED JINGASA (WAR HATS)
EDO/MEIJI, 19TH CENTURY

Variously decorated with niō (Buddhist guardian kings), Chinnan Sennin, dragons, and insects; some with mon (family crests); 46.3cm max. (6)

From the Estate of a Collector, Heath House, Hampshire, and thence by descent. By repute, acquired in Asia at the turn of the 19th century.