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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 | 242 | $****** - ****** | A Muramasa tanto with mounts Attributed to Sengo Muramasa |
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57.1 cm (22.5 in)
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Hira-zukuri, iori-mune forged in flowing itame and mokume hada with visible jinie, the tempered edge gunome with some notare with sunagashi, the hamon mirrored on both sides of the blade, both sides carved with bo-hi, the tanago-bara tang with two holes and later files marks, being machi-okuri, 11 9/16in (29.4cm) long, one-piece gilt-copper habaki
Fine 19th-century koshira-e comprising a leather-wrapped ribbed saya finished in a brown textured surface and mounted completely en suite with gilt fittings with yasurime and applied with floral family crests, the kozuka and kogai matching, the tsuka wrapped in blue silk with the central section covered with a gilt sleeve featuring three crests applied in staggered relief,
With Hozon Tosogu (Sword Fitting Worthy of Preservation) certificate no. 3011416 attributing this sword to Sengo Muramasa, issued by the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai (Society for the Preservation of the Japanese Art Sword), dated March 23, 2016.
