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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sep 14, 2016 | Bonhams | New York | Fine Japanese and Korean Works of Art | 254 | $****** - ****** | An Echizen katana in mounts By Echizen Kunitsuna |
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68.3 cm (26.88 in)
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Hon-zukuri, iori-mune, chu-gissaki, torii-zori forged in ko-mokume hada with a gunome midare forging pattern approaching choji midare, the boshi komaru, suriage nakago with two holes and sujikai file marks and signed Sagami no kami Fujiwara Kunitsuna, Echizen ju Enpo sannen hachigatsu (1676, eighth month) no hi, two-piece shakudo and silver foil habaki;
The 19th-century handachi goshira-e comprising a red ishimeji saya with iron kojiri and semigane decorated with vines and peonies in gold nunomezogan, the tsuka wrapped with leather and fitted with fuchi-gashira matching the saya hardware and shakudo menuki carved as squirrels on melons, sukashi iron square tsuba pierced with net design and with a "rope" rim and decorated with traces of gold nunomezogan
With certificate no. 239 issued by the Nihon Token Hozon Kai (Japan Sword Preservation Society), dated September 8, 2001.
