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Edo period, 17th - 18th century
A black lacquered iron helmet from the 17th-18th century Edo period, featuring a distinctive crab claw-shaped bowl with hammered brow and pierced turnbacks displaying Nine Luminaries crests. The ensemble includes a fierce-expression face mask with wrinkled features, open mouth, and comes with a plain wood stand.
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- the black lacquered iron bowl in the form of a crab claw, the black lacquered peak with hammered brow, the turnbacks pierced with Nine Luminaries crests (kuyo mon), the black lacquer neck guard laced with close-spaced variegated lacing (iroiro odoshi) in orange and white braid, gilt wood forecrest (maedate) in the form of the character ‘dai’, the simulated russet iron (sabiji-nuri) lacquered iron face mask with fierce expression (ressei mempo), wrinkled face and open mouth, detachable nose plate, silver lacquer teeth, red lacquer interior the three-tiered throat protector laced in matching braid, accompanied with a plain wood stand as illustrated
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- Auction House · Sotheby's
🔨 Auction Lot
The Charlier and Cortina Collection of Exotic Samurai Helmets and Armour
September 21, 2022
Estimate: $15,000 – $18,000
Lot 5
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