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Signed Joshu ju Saotome Iesada (Saotome Iesada, a resident of Hitachi Province) | Edo period, early 17th century
A finely crafted helmet from the early 17th century Edo period featuring a distinctive dragonfly-shaped forecrest rendered in bronze, iron, and copper-gilt. Signed by Saotome Iesada of Hitachi Province, the piece showcases intricate metalwork with a sixty-two plate iron bowl and detailed lacquered neck guard.
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- the sixty-two plate iron bowl with raised ridges, terminating in a three-stage silvered copper tehen kanamono of horin [dharmacakra; dharma wheel] form, plain russet iron mabisashi [peak] and fukigaeshi [turnbacks] with copper-gilt fukurin [ornamental border], the two tiered russet iron itamono-jikoro [neck guard with solid plates] with sugake odoshi [space-lacing] in green braid, unusually attached to the bowl with patinated metal fasteners, the bronze, iron and copper-gilt maedate [forecrest] realistically rendered in the form of an articulated dragonfly
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Sotheby's
🔨 Auction Lot
The Samurai: Japanese Arms and Armour
May 3, 2023
Estimate: $10,000 – $15,000
Lot 18
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