A repoussé helmet (uchidashi kabuto), Japan, Edo period, 18th century

拍品描述

The Property of a European Collector the richly patinated russet iron bowl finely hammered in high relief with three stylised aoi [leaves of wild ginger], chrysanthemum-form rivets, the peak hammered with furrowed brow, the black lacquer turnbacks emblazoned with crane crests (tsuru mon), four-tiered black lacquer neck guard with close-spaced lacing in dark blue braid, the reverse with ushirodate-dai [stand for an ushirodate] The bowl to peak: 28 cm., 11 in.

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