Medals & Coins, Arms & Militaria - 21st November 2018

Lot 155

A Japanese dagger (tanto)

Estimate £200 - £400 | Hammer £250

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Description

A Japanese dagger (tanto), blade 11 in., hira-zukuri with suguha hamon, nakagao with two ana, mumei, niju-habaki, iron tsuba with relief decoration of a turbulent sea with pagoda to the foreground, associated tsuka lacking kashira, housed in a saya sized for a wakizashi.