Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria

324 Pages·2015·15.321 MB·English

by  Collective

Thomas Del Mar Ltd
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Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria
London
Wednesday 24th June 2015
AUCTION ENQUIRIES AND INFORMATION
Sale Number: 22
Code name: Fyrrefruit
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Front cover: Lot 261 (right), Lot 426 (left)
Back cover: Lot 344 (above), Lot 346 (below) Photography: Rolant Dafis
Thomas Del Mar Ltd
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ANTIQUE ARMS, ARMOUR & MILITARIA
INCLUDING THE PROPERTY OF A COLLECTOR
PROPERTY FROM THE MORTON AND ANGELA STERN COLLECTION, NEW YORK
PROPERTY FROM THE LATTIMER FAMILY COLLECTIONS, NEW JERSEY
PROPERTY SOLD BY ORDER OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE JOHN WOODMAN HIGGINS ARMORY
COLLECTION TO BENEFIT ITS ONGOING STUDY AND DISPLAY AT THE WORCESTER ART MUSEUM
THE PROPERTY OF A EUROPEAN PRINCE
THE PROPERTY OF A GERMAN PRINCELY FAMILY
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Eastern Arms and Armour
VARIOUSOWNERS
1 5
A JAPANESE SWORD (KATANA) A JAPANESE SWORD (KATANA)
with curved single-edged blade with some wavy hamon (areas with curved single-edged blade (small chips), plain tang
of pitting), plain tang pierced with two mekugi-ana, iron tsuba pierced with a single mekugi-ana, in shira saya
decorated with a tree, brass fuchi and kashira decorated with 67 cm; 26⅜in blade
flying birds (binding missing), in a lacquered saya
£300-400
66.5 cm; 26¼in blade
‡ £400-500 6
A JAPANESE SWORD (KATANA)
2 with curved single-edged blade (stained, areas of light pitting),
A JAPANESE SWORD (KATANA) signed tang pierced with a single mekugi-ana, in a red
with curved single-edged blade retaining traces of its hamon, lacquered saya (worn)
signed tang pierced with a single mekugi-ana, copper tsuba, 55.2 cm; 21¾in blade
sharkskin-covered grip, in lacquered sayadecorated with a
The signature reads Bishu Osafune Sukesada.
dragon amongst clouds in gold and polychrome (losses)
65.8 cm; 25⅞in blade £200-250
The signature reads Hishu ju Kanehisa
7
‡ £400-700 A JAPANESE SWORD (KATANA)
with curved single-edged blade with wavy hamon (repolished,
3 partly reground), tang signed Noshu Seki ju Kanetatsu’ pierced
A JAPANESE SWORD (KATANA) with a single mekugi-ana, fabric-bound sharkskin-covered grip
with curved single-edged blade with even hamon, plain tang with menuki (tsubamissing), in a regulation saya
pierced with a single mekugi-ana, iron tsuba, and leather- 64.5 cm; 25⅜in blade
covered grip and sayaof regulation type
£200-300
69.5 cm; 27⅜in blade
‡ £300-400 8
A JAPANESE SWORD (KATANA)
4 with curved single-edged blade with wavy hamon, tang signed
A JAPANESE SWORD (KATANA) ‘Eisho ju nen (10th year Eisho) nigatsu February (1513), pierced
with curved single-edged blade with uneven hamon, plain tang with two mekugi-ana (grip and tsuba missing), in a lacquered saya
pierced with a singlemekugi-ana, in a lacqueredsaya (worn) 67 cm; 26¼in blade
68 cm; 26¾in blade
£300-500
‡ £300-400
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