19th Nov, 2021 9:00

Asian Art II
 
Lot 503
 

A FINELY MOUNTED MINO TANTO.

A FINELY MOUNTED MINO TANTO.

Edo period (18th/19th Century).

The blade of hirazukuri with grooves, gunome hamon, bearing a signature Kanetsune, and a date Taiei 2, fitted with gold habaki. Length 28.9cm, the lacquered saya decorated with kikyo (bellflowers) and a dragonfly in takamaki-e against a gold nashiji ground, the kozuka and kogai in shakudo nanako with the Hosokawa mon.

美濃短刀 銘兼常

Sold for £3,750

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