7 A COMPOSITE JAPANESE ARMOUR (TOSEI GUSOKU), EDO PERIOD comprising lacquered skull embossed in imitation of thirty-two plates, fitted with mabizashi, kuwagata-dai and shikoro of four lames with fukigaeshi, lacquered iron lamellar dō formed of horizontal plates with cusped upper borders and gilt mon at the top (losses), kusazuri of five lames highlighted with gold, a pair of lacquered leather ko-sode, mail and lacquered iron kote, mail and lacquered iron haidate, and a pair of suneate (worn throughout, losses) See note at front of catalogue for information concerning stands Provenance Thomas Woroniecki, New York, 9th May 1945, no. 5097 JWHA Inv. No. 2813 ‡ £800-1200
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