3rd Dec, 2021 10:30 GMT/BST
Militaria & Ethnographica
209
A Shin Shinto Japanese Wakizashi, with 46.5cm blade, one piece white metal habaki, unsigned tang, the bronze tsuba cast with a single deer on a wave decorated ground, the black braid bound same hilt with shakudo catfish menuki, the fuchi and kashira decorated with bamboo, the black lacquer saya decorated with flowering tree peonies in colours and gilt, 67cm
Sold for £180
Estimated at £150 - £200
The blade is rust pitted, with numerous nicks to the edge and signs of resharpening which has disguised the hamon. The saya has a chip to the lacquer on one side and is missing the kozuka.
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Auction: Militaria & Ethnographica, 3rd Dec, 2021
Militaria and Ethnographica Sales encompass items across diverse areas of collecting, from European and Eastern armour to 18th and 19th century firearms, military uniforms and documents, edged weapons, World War I and World War II ephemera, masonic regalia and medals.
Also included are a vast range of objects created in the early 20th century or earlier by indigenous cultures around the world, from early American civilisations to African tribes and Polynesian island cultures, incorporating religious idols, domestic and ritual objects, figurative sculpture, jewellery and weapons of all descriptions.
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