19.8cm Shin-shinto hira-zukuri blade with two mekugi-ana signed Matsuhiro Oite --- Nobuyoshi, fully bound tsuka with silver fuchi-kashira decorated with Ho-ho birds in gold, silver and gilt Ho-ho bird menuki, in its black lacquered saya decorated with clouds and foliage in two coloured gold nashiji with silver grotesque mask ring kurikata, and koi-guchi, kojiri and kodzuka and wari-bashi all decorated en suite with the tsuka, the koshirae with tsunagi, the blade with shira-saya.
Sold for £6,000
19.8cm Shin-shinto hira-zukuri blade with two mekugi-ana signed Matsuhiro Oite --- Nobuyoshi, fully bound tsuka with silver fuchi-kashira decorated with Ho-ho birds in gold, silver and gilt Ho-ho bird menuki, in its black lacquered saya decorated with clouds and foliage in two coloured gold nashiji with silver grotesque mask ring kurikata, and koi-guchi, kojiri and kodzuka and wari-bashi all decorated en suite with the tsuka, the koshirae with tsunagi, the blade with shira-saya.
Auction: AUTUMN VIRTUAL FINE ANTIQUE ARMS & ARMOUR AUCTION, 26th Nov, 2024