Composite armor, mainly black lacquered with... - Lot 188 - De Baecque et Associés

Lot 188
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7000 - 9000 EUR
Composite armor, mainly black lacquered with... - Lot 188 - De Baecque et Associés
Composite armor, mainly black lacquered with navy blue silk lacing. Black lacquered iron helmet (numerous chips and restorations) of momonari type composed of six riveted plates, the back plate pierced with an inome-shaped hole, the shikoro made of black lacquered iron kiritsuke-kozane, the fukigaeshi bearing a coat of arms (mon) mitsuba-aoi made of shibuichi (their lacquer cracked and detached from the iron support), the gold lacquered maedate in the shape of a crescent of the moon and of a sun Black lacquered iron half-mask (menp) of ryubu type made of two dismountable parts assembled by piton, the yodarekake (gorgerin) in black lacquered iron kiritsuke-kozane (some chips). Gomai-d type breastplate made of black lacquered iron decorated with a large black dragon with golden eyes on the front (cracks). The shoulder pads (sode) made of seven black lacquered iron kiritsuke-kozane strips, and the handles (kote) of shino-gote type made of black lacquered iron plates on chain mail (lacquer in bad condition and chain mail damaged and missing). The waders (haidate) in lacquered iron plate fixed on a cloth, the suneate (leggings) in articulated iron plate decorated with gold hiramaki-e lacquer of flowers, dragonflies and butterflies on a black background (two hinges broken). And a black lacquered wooden carrying case with a silver lacquered mon. Japan, late Edo period (1603-1868). H. 144,5 cm LM
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