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Auction Location:
Melbourne
Date:
22-Nov-2009
Lot No.
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Description:
Naginata: Naginata tsukuri - a polearm o/a length with scabbard 200.0 cm; 51.8 cm blade, tang 34.4 cm, curvature 3.3 cm. The tang signed in Japanese fashion: Chugoku Dairen Chen Chao-Po Tsuchinoe Tora Nen. One piece wooden pole covered with rayskin with alternate heavy vine plaiting; 4 copper bands each with 4 gilt rosettes except for retaining peg band; 'sea-cucumber' form guard in dark metal with nanako ground and silver butterflies; iron hirumaki. Scabbard of rayskin and vine plaiting with a bone tip.
Estimate:
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Price:
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Category:
Unclassified