A Japanese tanto, 19th/20th century
Session One
LOT 38
A Japanese tanto, 19th/20th century
Lot Estimate Change Currency
ZAR 5 000 - 7 000
Auction Catalogue
About this Item
A Japanese tanto, 19th/20th century
with shaped and carved iron tsuba, housing a pair of kogai with inlays, lacking kozuka, the ray-skin handle lacking binding, kashira lacking, the red lacquered scabbard lacking, minor chips, the blade 28cm long; and another, the whole decorated in stamped brass floral work, the blade engraved with stylised flowerhead and foliage, signed to the blade YOSHI HARU?, the blade 15cm long
*This lot is not suitable for export
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