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A Japanese haramaki-style suit of armour 20th century,…
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Sydney
Date:
26-Jun-2010
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Description:
A Japanese haramaki-style suit of armour 20th century, lacquered gold and laced in bright orange and comprising a russet-iron fourteen-plate o-boshi kabuto fitted with gilt-metal shinodare and a large two-stage chrysanthemum tehen kanamono, a wide five-lame manju jikoro terminating in large fukig'shi applied with stenciled doe skin and gilt-metal heraldic crests of the Tokugawa family, the mabisashi decorated with stenciled doe skin and mounted with kawagate dai pierce carved with chrystanthemum scroll and large gilf metal kuwagata and a wood Chinese lion m'date lacquered gold; menpo with a hinged nose and standing flanges on the cheeks, fitted with a three-lame solid-plate yodarekake; the cuirass a nuinobu do with the munaita and wakiita decorated with stenciled doe skin, the front applied with a decorative ring and gromet and eight sections of five-lame kusazuri; the sleeves tsutsu gote with additional tsubo sode attached to the upper sections; osode; kawara haidate with additional scales in split configuration on the bottom edge; tsutsu suneate; animal fur boots; one armour box and an armour stand
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Oriental: Zother