Japanese Works of Art - 16th November 2023
Lot 853
A JAPANESE TANTO (SHORT-EDGED SWORD)
Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £693
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Description
A JAPANESE TANTO (SHORT-EDGED SWORD)
PROBABLY MEIJI, 19TH CENTURY
With a striped lacquer saya (scabbard) and a white shagreen handle, the fuchi-kashira decorated with paulownia mon and the circular menuki with wheat; the kozuka handle embellished with a man resting by a waterfall; with an iron quatrelobed tsuba; the blade 27.2cm. (3)