Lot 577

A JAPANESE MEIJI PERIOD KATANA IN BLACK LACQUER SCABBARD

Blade 65cm long; full length including handle and scabbard 93cm long, iron tsuba and shagreen wrapped handle

Estimate: £500 - £800
Bidding ended. Lot is unsold.

Condition report: 

Please see extra images of the signature found to the inside of the handle. Wear, tarnishing and oxidization commensurate with age and use. Wear and losses to the shagreen around the aperture with the wood peg (which could be a replacement peg). General wear, chips and knocks to the scabbard. See images of the blade. 

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