JAPANESE AND KOREAN ART 23 march 2022

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A SHINTO TANTO WITH RED LACQUER MOUNTS
The blade Muromachi period (1333-1573), 16th century, the koshira-e
Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century
Of hirazukuri, iorimune configuration with slight toriizori curvature
and forged in itame-hada with a gunome midare tempered edge
with some areas of toranba ending in a ko-maru boshi with nie and
some tobiyaki, the machi-okuri tang with one hole and katte sagari file
marks, with a two-piece silver-leaf habaki, 11 7/8in (30.2cm) long
The koshira-e comprising a red-lacquer ribbed saya, the fittings
all shinchu and decorated with scrolling vines in kebori, the tsuka
wrapped in white silk and fitted with gilt and shakudo menuki formed
as camellias
With Hozon Tosogu certificate no. 4017643 for the koshira-e issued
by the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai (Society for the Preservation
of the Japanese Art Sword), dated August 25, 2020.
$4,000 - 5,000
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MORIHIDE (ACTIVE LATE 19TH CENTURY)
A shinshinto tanto with mounts
Meiji era (1868-1912), dated 1870
Hirazukuri, iorimune forged in ko-itame hada with a suguha tempered
edge with a flourish resembling Mount Fuji mirrored on both sides,
with visible nie along the nioiguchi and a Jizo-style boshi, the ubu tang
with one hole, sujikai file marks, signed Morihide kinzo (Respectfully
made by Morihide), and dated Meiji kanoe-ushi aki (Autumn, 1870),
8 1/4in (21cm) long, with a one-piece gold-foil habaki, in a wood
shirasaya storage scabbard
The 19th-century aikuchi goshira-e with a gray-lacquer ishime-ji saya
decorated with linked floral lozenges raised in relief and mounted with
shibuichi migaki-ji fittings, the tsuka wrapped in black silk and fitted
with gilt and shakudo menuki of cherry blossoms
With Tokubetsu Hozon Token (Sword Especially Worthy of
Preservation) certificate no. 1011797 issued by the Nihon Bijutsu
Token Hozon Kyokai (Society for the Preservation of the Japanese Art
Sword), dated August 26, 2019
$6,000 - 8,000
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