Medals & Coins, Arms & Armour - 23rd November 2022
Lot 303
A Japanese sword (o-wakizashi)
Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £480
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Description
A Japanese sword (o-wakizashi), blade 20.75 in., hon-zukuri with hi extending to the nakago-jiri, suguha hamon, nakago with five character mei (Senjuin Yasushige)*, gilt metal habaki; iron tsuba with decoration involving a scroll painting and combining incuse and relief details, remaining mountings and saya of regulation military type (shingunto).
* translation, not firm attribution.