A RARE LACQUERED IRON MOMONARI KABUTO

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A RARE LACQUERED IRON MOMONARI KABUTO Japan, 18th century, Edo period (1615-1868) The peach-shaped helmet lacquered black with a prominent central ridge, the tosei mabisashi (concave peak) fitted with a kuwagata dai decorated with a kiku (chrysanthemum) blossom to the center, below scrolling clouds, flanked by upturned fukigaeshi lined with fukurin and adorned with a mon enclosing the stylized character 太, all above the brown-lacquered five lame shikoro. Inscriptions: To the awasebako, inscribed 露橋町帳簿入Tsuyuhashi-machi Choboire [A ledger storage box, Tsuyuhashi town]. HEIGHT 30 cm With an old inscribed wood awasebako. Auction comparison: Compare a closely related heavy-lacquered iron owari momonari kabuto, Edo period, dated to the 18th century, at Bonhams, The Arts of the Samurai, 31 March – 9 April 2015, New York, lot 108 (sold for USD 5,888 or approx. EUR 7,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing).

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