Description
Shinto tanto MOMOYAMA period (1573 - 1603) Signed (mei): Kanesada Blade (sugata): hira zukuri, iori mune Forging pattern (hada): masame Tempering (hamon): kuzure Tip (boshi): harikake Rocket (nakago): ubu keitai, haagari nakagojiri, three mekugi ana, sujikai yasurime Length (nagasa): 22.3 cm Mounting (koshira-e): made of aikuchi Fuchi kashira koiguchi kojiri: in two-tone shibuichi in imitation of guri-bori, with stylized scroll decoration Kogai : in shibuichi and shakudo, with checkerboard and mokume (wood grain) pattern Kogatana : kozuka with the same pattern, blade decorated with a so no kurikara Menuki : in shibuichi, featuring Fukurokuju holding a tama and his deer carrying scrolls Scabbard (saya): in caramel-brown lacquer decorated with diagonal patterns forming chevrons Provenance: first sale J. Jacques Reubell Collection, Mes Baudoin et Ader, Drouot, 13-16 December 1933, n°724
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Shinto tanto MOMOYAMA period (1573 - 1603) Signed (mei): Kanesada Blade (sugata): hira zukuri, iori mune Forging pattern (hada): masame Tempering (hamon): kuzure Tip (boshi): harikake Rocket (nakago): ubu keitai, haagari nakagojiri, three mekugi ana, sujikai yasurime Length (nagasa): 22.3 cm Mounting (koshira-e): made of aikuchi Fuchi kashira koiguchi kojiri: in two-tone shibuichi in imitation of guri-bori, with stylized scroll decoration Kogai : in shibuichi and shakudo, with checkerboard and mokume (wood grain) pattern Kogatana : kozuka with the same pattern, blade decorated with a so no kurikara Menuki : in shibuichi, featuring Fukurokuju holding a tama and his deer carrying scrolls Scabbard (saya): in caramel-brown lacquer decorated with diagonal patterns forming chevrons Provenance: first sale J. Jacques Reubell Collection, Mes Baudoin et Ader, Drouot, 13-16 December 1933, n°724
