Lot 373* - A209AS Art d'Asie : Japon, Inde, Asie du Sud-Est, Art de l'Islam - mardi, 18. juin 2024, 14h00
HONKOZANE DOMARU GUSOKU ARMOUR (YOROI) WITH HELMET.
Japan, early 16th c. (helmet) and 19th c. (armour).
Samurai armour consisting of cuirass, large shoulder plates (ô-sode), arm and leg protection (kote and suneate) and helmet. Black lacquered iron honkozane cuirass (dô) with green, white and orange lacing in iroiro odoshi, muna ita, waki ita and shoulder straps with stencilled leather. Black lacquer helmet (kabuto) with 32 plates and tehen kanamono with chrysanthemum decoration, plum blossom mon (family crest) and leather kuwagata maedate. Rust-brown lacquered face mask (menpô) with deep wrinkles and moustache, three-lame solid-plate throat guard and nodawa. Helmet signed Myochin Nobuie saku and dated (Ei)sho kyunen mizunoesaru sangatsu kitsujitsu (an auspicious day in the third month of the year 1512). Transport box.
Provenance: Important Swiss collection, purchased at Christie's New York, 28 March 2006.
CHF 15 000 / 25 000 | (€ 15 460 / 25 770)
Vendu pour CHF 18 750 (frais inclus)