A SWORD WITH CARVED BORN MOUNTING

Estimated Value:

150 € - 250 €

Schätzpreis:

100 €

Description:

Japan, late 19th to early 20th c.
Gesamt L. 73 cm
Katana: no hamon visible. Scabbard and hilt: bone carved in shallow relief with samurai and other figures, the sections connected by bronze ferrules, each with an emblem in shallow relief. One ferrule with ring. Fushi kashira en suite. Tsuba: bronze, single.
Collection of Siegfried Claßen (1935-2022), Cologne, assembled between 1960 and 1990
Signs of use and age, blade somewhat scratched

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