AN IMPRESSIVE GILT-LACQUERED NIMAI OKEGAWA DO GUSOKU (TWO-PIECE CUIRASS ARMOR) WITH A GOLD-LACQUERED IRON EBOSHI KABUTO AND RESSEI MENPO

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AN IMPRESSIVE GILT-LACQUERED NIMAI OKEGAWA DO GUSOKU (TWO-PIECE CUIRASS ARMOR) WITH A GOLD-LACQUERED IRON EBOSHI KABUTO AND RESSEI MENPO Japan, 17th-18th century, Edo period (1615-1868) The gold-lacquered iron components predominantly laced in green and mounted on a fine red and blue silk brocade. The armor comprising: A gilt-lacquered iron eboshi (formal court cap) kabuto with a broad mabisashi centered by a gilt-wood maedate in the form of a sinuous dragon, flanked by kuwagata piereced with inome and fitted on foliate kuwagata dai, framed by gently upturned fukigaeshi applied with printed leather, all above the five-lame shikoro; a brown-lacquered iron ressei menpo with a removable nose plate secured by turning pins, cast with an open mouth revealing the red lips and gilt teeth beneath a stiff moustache, designed with deeply embossed wrinkles, the chin with ase-nagashi, and the cheeks with bent anchoring posts, all fitted with a four-lame yodarekake; a nimai okegawa do of honkozane with six five-lame kusazuri, the back with an uke-zutsu; a pair of six-lame sode; a pair of gilt-iron and kusari (chain mail) kote with hexagonal plates and tekko; a pair of iron and kusari haidate, the lower part with kiku plates, mounted on a red silk brocade; and a pair of lacquered iron and kusari suneate. Auction comparison: Compare a closely related gilt-lacquered nimai-do gusoku, dated to the 17th century, at Sotheby’s, The Samurai: Japanese Arms and Armour, 11 May 2021, London, lot 27 (sold for GBP 239,400 or approx. EUR 371,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing). Compare a related gilt-lacquered nimai-do gusoku, dated to the 17th century, at Sotheby’s, The Samurai: Japanese Arms and Armour, 2 November 2021, London, lot 22 (sold for GBP 100,800 or approx. EUR 150,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing).

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