antique arms, armour & modern sporting guns

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ANTIQUE ARMS, ARMOUR
& MODERN SPORTING GUNS
Wednesday 11 & Thursday 12 May 2016
Knightsbridge, London

ANTIQUE ARMS, ARMOUR
& MODERN SPORTING GUNS
Wednesday 11 & Thursday 12 May 2016
Knightsbridge, London
Antique Arms & Armour
Lots 1 - 393 at 1pm
Modern Sporting Guns
Lots 400 - 652 at 2pm
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JAPANESE ARMS & ARMOUR
VARIOUS PROPERTIES
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A HAMBO
Unsigned, Edo Period
The iron mask with yadome with a roughened brown and black
lacquered finish, the interior lacquered red, and with three lame brown
lacquered iron yodare-kake
£350 - 500
€450 - 640
US$500 - 720
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A TATAMI-DO TOSEI GUSOKU
Unsigned, Edo Period
Comprising red lacquered iron tatami kabuto of five plates with a four
lame shikoro held in place by an iron loop (lacing damaged), large
maedate of metal embossed with gilt leaves and red berries, red
lacquered iron hambo with four lame yodare-kake, manju-no-wa of small
iron plates covered with red linen, tatami do of red lacquered iron plates
joined by mail and opening on the right side, a sashimono and socket
mounted to the back, kusazuri also constructed of iron plates, oda
gote of red lacquered iron plates and mail, and kusari haidate with red
lacquered plates
£800 - 1,200
€1,000 - 1,500
US$1,200 - 1,700
Provenance
The Dr. Peter Parsons Collection..., sold in these Rooms 20 July 2011,
lot 53
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A HEAVY 12-BORE MATCHLOCK MUSKET A SHOWA-TO
Signed...Shigekatsu With Further Inscription And Dated 1848 Signed Yesaka Yoshikuni saku
With octagonal barrel inlaid in silver with two large characters and The blade with one mekugi-ana, midare hamon, in full military pattern
encrusted with numerous copper kanemono in two different sizes mounts (2)
depicting coiled rain dragons, block-shaped back-sight, tulip-shaped 66.7 cm. blade
muzzle, brass back-action lock with iron serpentine encrusted with
silver drops (pan cover missing), cherrywood full stock, and shaped £600 - 700
brass trigger pierced with a hole (ramrod missing) €760 - 890
76 cm. barrel US$870 - 1,000
£1,600 - 1,900 Provenance
€2,000 - 2,400 Reputed to have been the sword of General Shimoto, Commander of
US$2,300 - 2,700 the 9th Artillery Command, and offered with Richard Fuller, Shokan-
Hirohito’s Generals, 1991
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A SHOWA-TO 7
Signed Kato Jumyo A CHISA-KATANA
The blade with one mekugi-ana, ko-midare hamon, in full military Signed Tajima... Daimichi Sadafusa, Shinto
mounts The blade with two mekugi-ana chiselled on the ura with a horimono
66.7 cm. blade of a dragon, ken and tama, and on the omote with Fudo in flames, in
military mounts (in poor condition)
£300 - 500 57.4 cm. blade
€380 - 640
US$430 - 720 £350 - 500
€450 - 640
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A SHOWA-TO
Signed Nagamitsu saku 8
The blade with two mekugi-ana, gonome-midare hamon, in late A KATANA
pattern military mounts Signed... Hishu kuni... Munehiro saku, Shinto
67 cm. blade The blade with one mekugi-ana, midare hanon, fully bound tsuka with
copper fuchi and kabuto game engraved with leaves and a Ja-no-me
£350 - 500 mon, shakudo and copper horse menuki, and iron sukashi tsuba, in
€450 - 640 its red lacquered saya with leather combat cover, and brown and blue
US$500 - 720 cord tassel
60.3 cm. blade
£350 - 450
€450 - 570
US$500 - 650
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A KATANA
Signed Bizen Osafune ju Yokoyama Sukekane saku and Tomonari
58th Generation and Dated 1869
The blade with two mekugi-ana (ubu), suguha hamon, nashiji hada, in
military mounts, the bare tsuka with unusual brass cross-guard
60.3 cm. blade
£900 - 1,200
€1,100 - 1,500
US$1,300 - 1,700
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A KATANA
Signed Bungo Takata ju Fujiwara Saneyuki, Shinto
The blade with one mekugi-ana, midare hamon, nashiji hamon, in full
military pattern mounts
61.7 cm. blade
£1,500 - 2,000
€1,900 - 2,500
US$2,200 - 2,900
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A KATANA
Signed Inadaunju Hisanaga saku And Dated 1862
The blade with one mekugi-ana, notare-midare hamon, fully bound
tsuka with shibuichi fuchi-kashira engraved with leaves and gourds,
shakudo foliate menuki, and iron tsuba chiselled with a dragon and
clouds, in its black ishimi lacquered saya
76.1 cm. blade
£1,500 - 2,000
€1,900 - 2,500
US$2,200 - 2,900
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A KATANA
Unsigned, Shinto
The blade with two mekugi-ana, suguha hamon, nashiji hada, fully
bound tsuka with shakudo-nanako fuchi-kashira decorated with
flowering prunus and a fence in silver and gold, shakudo and gilt floral
menuki, and iron sukashi tsuba chiselled and pierced with blossoms
in a stream with gilt detail, in its black lacquered saya decorated with
insects and flowering grasses in gold lacquer
65 cm. blade
£1,800 - 2,200
€2,300 - 2,800
US$2,600 - 3,200
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A KATANA
Unsigned, Shinto
The blade with one mukugi-ana, suguha hamon, nashiji hada, fully
bound tsuka with shakudo-nanako fuchi-kashira decorated with birds
in trees, gilt details, shakudo and gilt bird menuki, and iron tsuba
chiselled with birds over crashing waves, in its black ishime lacquered
saya
69.8 cm. blade
£1,800 - 2,200
€2,300 - 2,800
US$2,600 - 3,200
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EASTERN ARMS & ARMOUR
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TWO INDIAN KARDS FIVE EASTERN DAGGERS
18th Century 19th Century
The first with tapering single-edged blade of finely watered wootz Comprising an Indian kard with sharply tapering single-edged blade of
steel, the forte on each side with a cartouche-shaped border of gold- T-section (extreme tip missing), beaked steel hilt with small finial, and
damascened running flower-heads and arabesques, one side gold- rounded ivory grips, in original wooden scabbard (originally covered
damascened with the name ‘Baquir’ in nasta’liq, and ‘O Ali’ on the in velvet) with gilt-copper locket and chape each with shaped inner
other, and faceted waisted basal mount gold-damascened en suite, border pierced with a trefoil on both sides, the former with small
the decoration extending down the back of the blade, and retaining faceted suspension mount, the latter with bud-shaped finial (some
its gilt suspension loop pierced with an arabesque (grip missing), in wear to gilding); another of similar form, steel hilt (some rusting)
original wooden scabbard covered in blue velvet (worn and slightly damascened with gold foliage, and rounded rhinoceros horn grips
incomplete) with gilt-copper locket and chape each pricked with a (incomplete) each against a silver lining (damaged); a Caucasian kindjal
design of trellised flower-heads, and each with pierced border, the with tapering double-edged blade cut with three converging fullers and
former with pierced suspension loop, the latter with fluted bud-shaped stamped with stars on one side, and waisted hilt with dark horn grip-
terminal; the second with sharply tapering hollow-ground blade of scales, the outer one set with brass nails, in its wooden scabbard with
watered steel, the back of T-section cut with converging ribs along its iron locket and chape (pitted); a Sumatran kris with waved pattern-
entire length, beaked hilt (grips missing) and pinched-in basal mount welded blade, and wooden Garuda hilt, in its wooden scabbard bound
damascened with engraved silver foliage, and small finial pieced for a with rattan and with characteristic sarongan; and an Albanian jambiya
tassel, in original wooden scabbard (broken above the chape) covered with cusped double-edged blade with medial ridge on both sides,
in burgundy velvet (worn) with linear engraved gilt-copper locket and and waisted dark horn hilt with two pewter bosses on one side dated
chape each with shaped borders, the former with suspension ring 1377 A.H. corresponding to 1909 A.D., in original wooden scabbard
carrying a woven tassel, the latter with bud-shaped terminal (2) covered in tooled black leather (open along one side) (5)
25.5 cm. and 29.5 cm. blades The first 34 cm. blade
£600 - 900 £400 - 500
€760 - 1,100 €510 - 640
US$870 - 1,300 US$580 - 720
Literature
Oliver S. Pinchot, The Arms of the Paladins, the Richard R. Wagner Jr.
Collection..., 2004, p. 48, fig. 3-97 and p. 50, fig. 3-110
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