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A FINE VARIEGATED LACING DOMARU (BODY ARMOR)

Lot 109
20.09.2022 10:00UTC -05:00
Classic
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$ 25 200
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUSA, New York
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ID 813500
Lot 109 | A FINE VARIEGATED LACING DOMARU (BODY ARMOR)
Estimate value
$ 20 000 – 30 000
A FINE VARIEGATED LACING DOMARU (BODY ARMOR)

MOMOYAMA PERIOD (LATE 16TH CENTURY)

The do (cuirass)of black lacquered hon kozane (true lamellae) laced in blue, orange and white kebiki-odoshi (close lacing), the front and reverse sides tate-age (upper part) fitted with three gilt go-san kiri-mon (family crest of five-three paulownia), the munaita (breast portion), waki-ita (under-arm portions) and oshitsuke no ita (upper rear plate) of black lacquered iron plates with finely lacquered crests of kyu-shichi kiri-mon (nine-seven paulownia) and kuginuki-mon (nail-puller) in Kodaiji maki-e style, the four-tier six tasset kusazuri (skirt) of byakudan-nuri (transparent lacquer on gold leaf) shitsukezane also laced in matching kebiki-odoshi (close lacing), the gilt fittings of kohaze finely decorated with go-san kiri-mon on nanako-ji (fish-roe-punched ground)

Accompanied with a certificate by Yoshida Kohei (b.1919), Director of Nihon kachu kenkyusho (Research Institutue of Japanese Armors), signed with cursive monogram (kao), with seven seals; another certificate by Sasama Yoshihiko (1916-2005), signed and sealed, 20 July 1992

Historical era:Momoyama Period
Place of origin:Eastern Asia, Japan
Auction house category:Armour
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