Jeff Olson
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Lot 1004
An oboshi kabuto and menpo Edo period (17th century) and later
8 October 2013, 13:00 EDT
New YorkSold for US$11,875 inc. premium
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An oboshi kabuto and menpo
Edo period (17th century) and later
Comprising twenty-eight plate russet-iron oboshi kabuto, applied with a five-stage, gilt, copper and shakudo tehen kanamono, the mabizashi and fukigaeshi applied with stenciled doe skin, silk cords and gilt metal family crests, and a shakudo and gilt kuwagatadai pierce-carved with chrysanthemum flowers and leaves, gilt-copper kuwagata and a large gold lacquer dragon maedate, the bowl mounted with a five-lame kiritsuke iyozane shikoro lacquered black and laced in navy with colored highlights; with an iron Okina menpo forged with deep wrinkles and a separate nose plate, applied with a boar bristle mustache and chin tuft and inscribed in red lacquer on the chin Muneyoshi saku, fitted with a three-lame solid plate yodarekake lacquered black
Comprising twenty-eight plate russet-iron oboshi kabuto, applied with a five-stage, gilt, copper and shakudo tehen kanamono, the mabizashi and fukigaeshi applied with stenciled doe skin, silk cords and gilt metal family crests, and a shakudo and gilt kuwagatadai pierce-carved with chrysanthemum flowers and leaves, gilt-copper kuwagata and a large gold lacquer dragon maedate, the bowl mounted with a five-lame kiritsuke iyozane shikoro lacquered black and laced in navy with colored highlights; with an iron Okina menpo forged with deep wrinkles and a separate nose plate, applied with a boar bristle mustache and chin tuft and inscribed in red lacquer on the chin Muneyoshi saku, fitted with a three-lame solid plate yodarekake lacquered black