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A fine Japanese tanto, Edo period (1603-1837), with a lacquered…
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Melbourne
Date:
23-Mar-2014
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A fine Japanese tanto, Edo period (1603-1837), with a lacquered and patterned sharkskin hilt surmounted by a cloisonne fuchi, a black lacquered scabbard with red pine needle inclusions, the blade with samurai and geisha embellishments, signature and a faint poem, the removable kozuka with sea shell motifs and a signed blade. Knife lengths 28.5 cm. and 21 cm
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Militaria & Weapons: Edged Weapons