Sugata (configuration): hira zukuri (flat profile with no longitudinal ridge), forging and tempering details mostly obscured by rubbing, silver habaki (collar) with family crest of opposing ginger shoots; nakago (tang) unable to unscrew sakura shaped peg cover
Koshirae (mounting): saya (scabbard) of wood covered with fine high quality samegawa (ray skin), brass fittings decorated with sakura (cherry blossom) on a hammered ground; wooden tsuka (hilt) wrapped with coiled samegawa (rayskin)
Sold for £1,200
Sugata (configuration): hira zukuri (flat profile with no longitudinal ridge), forging and tempering details mostly obscured by rubbing, silver habaki (collar) with family crest of opposing ginger shoots; nakago (tang) unable to unscrew sakura shaped peg cover
Koshirae (mounting): saya (scabbard) of wood covered with fine high quality samegawa (ray skin), brass fittings decorated with sakura (cherry blossom) on a hammered ground; wooden tsuka (hilt) wrapped with coiled samegawa (rayskin)
Auction: Olympia Timed Spring 2024, ending 21st Apr, 2024
Including:
Antique Arms & Armour
Asian Works of Art
Fine Art Books, Including Books from Three Specialist Libraries of Indian and South-East Asian Art Reference Books
Works by Nadira Azzouz (Iraqi 1927-2020)