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13 A JAPANESE HELMET (KABUTO), EDO PERIOD, EARLY 17TH CENTURY with four piece russet iron skull rising to a very tall rounded point, fitted with mabizashi lacquered black on the outer face and decorated with three fujii-mitsubishi-monin mother-ofpearl, shikoro of five iron lames, lacquered black on the outside and gilt on the inside, and fukigaeshi decorated with gilt mon en suite with the mabizashi (the lacquer with losses throughout) 50cm; 19 3/4in high Provenance Kano Oshima, New York, 15th October 1932, part of lot 168 JWHA Inv. No. 1752 ‡ £600-800
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14 A JAPANESE HELMET (KABUTO), EDO PERIOD, 16TH/17TH CENTURY with six plate russet iron momo-nari skull formed with four radiating ribs each reinforced with an engraved shaped panel on the outer surface, the frontal plate embossed in imitation of eyebrows, fitted with kuwagata-dai, shikoro of five lacquered iron lames, and a pair of fukigaeshi (losses) 28cm; 11in high Provenance Kano Oshima, New York, 14th December 1932, no. 19636 JWHA Inv. No. 1884 ‡ £500-700