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Unknown — Signed Joshu ju Saotome Iesada (Saotome Iesada, a resident of Hitachi Province) | Edo period, early 17th century

Unknown

Signed Joshu ju Saotome Iesada (Saotome Iesada, a resident of Hitachi Province) | Edo period, early 17th century

Artists

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Unknown

John Greenhill

John Greenhill

Richard Parkes Bonington

Richard Parkes Bonington

Circle of Sir Peter Lely

Circle of Sir Peter Lely

Bolognese School, 16th Century

Bolognese School, 16th Century

Pauline Wissant

Pauline Wissant

Follower of Frans Pourbus the Younger

Follower of Frans Pourbus the Younger

North Italian School, circa 1600–20

North Italian School, circa 1600–20

Lee Dongwook

Lee Dongwook

Unknown — Signed Joshu ju Saotome Iesada (Saotome Iesada, a resident of Hitachi Province) | Edo period, early 17th century

Unknown

Signed Joshu ju Saotome Iesada (Saotome Iesada, a resident of Hitachi Province) | Edo period, early 17th century

A nerikawa gusoku [armour] — Edo period, 18th century

A nerikawa gusoku [armour]

Edo period, 18th century

A Kaga style yokohagi nimai-do gusoku [armour] — Momoyama period, late 16th - early 17th century

A Kaga style yokohagi nimai-do gusoku [armour]

Momoyama period, late 16th - early 17th century

Unknown — An Aqqoyunlu Turban Helmet from The Saint Irene Arsenal, Eastern Anatolia or Northwest Persia, Late 15th Century

Unknown

An Aqqoyunlu Turban Helmet from The Saint Irene Arsenal, Eastern Anatolia or Northwest Persia, Late 15th Century

A tatami gusoku [folding armour] — Edo period, 18th century

Unknown — An Ottoman Steel Chanfron, Turkey or Ottoman Empire, Late 16th or Early 17th Century

Unknown — A Qajar Cuirass, Persia, late 18th or early 19th Century

A hoshi-bachi [helmet with standing rivets] — Edo period, 17th - 18th century

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