A JAPANESE SWORD (KATANA)
Probably Edo period, Mid 19th-Century
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£500 - £800
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Hammer price:
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£1,400 |
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.
The 68cm curved steel blade mounted within an undyed shagreen handle having a mixed metal mount modelled as a warrior, 8cm circular tsuba with mixed metal floral decoration, with a single seppa, with a polished shagreen veneered wooden saya, overall length 97cm
Condition report;
- Shagreen handle with two losses, and lacking metal mounts
- Tsuba with general wear and tarnishing otherwise ok
- Saya with several losses and cracks throughout
- Blade with wear and marks
- Length of blade approx 68cm
Scabbard length - 75cm
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