25th Sep, 2019 10:30 GMT/BST

Militaria & Ethnographica

 
Lot 247
 

247

A Japanese Edo Suit of Armour, 1603-1868, comprising a five plate brown lacquered iron Zunari...

A Japanese Edo Suit of Armour, 1603-1868, comprising a five plate brown lacquered iron Zunari kabuto with two plate shikoro, the maedate formed from a pair of Japanese Roe deer antlers and frontlet, centred by a bronzed metal landscape disc; mempo with hinged nose and grey bristle moustache, with red laquered internal finish; do (cuirass) with seven faux lames; a pair of kote (armoured sleeves) with chain mail and lacquered lames; kusazuri (armoured skirt) in seven sections, each of four lames; cream silk brocade hodo-haidate (thigh protectors), each with five rows of eight panelled lames; and a pair of chain mail and laquered iron suneate (shin protectors), all with blue lacing, on a display stand and with Yoroi-bitsu (storage box)
Not Sold
Estimated at £3,500 - £4,500

 

Auction: Militaria & Ethnographica, 25th Sep, 2019

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