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Edo period, 18th century
An 18th-century Edo period helmet featuring a black lacquered bowl in the distinctive wakan-nari crown-shaped form with stenciled doeskin peak and mokko crests. The ensemble includes a fierce-expression face mask with inlaid glass eyes, yak hair moustache, and comes with a plain wood stand.
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- the black lacquered bowl of wakan-nari [crown-shaped] form with tall protruding apex, stenciled doeskin peak, the turnbacks similarly decorated and applied with mokko crests (mon), two-tiered black lacquered rounded neck guard (manju-jikoro) with close-spaced lacing (kebiki odoshi) in green braid, the black lacquered forecrest (maedate) in the form of a shikami, inlaid glass eyes, gilt wood lateral crests (wakidate) in the form of falcon feathers, the black lacquered iron face mask with fierce expression (ressei mempo), open mouth and wrinkled face, detachable nose plate, yak hair moustache, silver lacquer teeth, red lacquer interior, three-tiered throat protector with close-spaced lacing in pale green braid, accompanied with a plain wood stand as illustrated
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Sotheby's
🔨 Auction Lot
The Charlier and Cortina Collection of Exotic Samurai Helmets and Armour
September 21, 2022
Estimate: $25,000 – $30,000
Lot 1
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