Tessier & Sarrou Presents a Collection Dedicated to the Art of Japanese Swords at Drouot
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Tessier & Sarrou will return to room 2 at Drout on October 8 for the sale of the second part of a collection of swords. Estimated at €12 000/15 000, a Shinto wakizashi, a weapon similar to the katana, dated 1667 (Edo period). Its scabbard is covered with a brown and gold silk brocade woven with peonies.
Shinto Wakizashi - Period EDO Period (1603 - 1868)
Signed (mei): Kanbun shichinen ni gatsu hi [a day of the second month of the seventh year of Kanbun (1667)]
Tsuda Echizen (no) Kami Sukehiro. Blade (sugata): shinogi zukuri, iori mune, chu-kissaki
Forging pattern (hada): itame
Temper (hamon): suguha
Tip (boshi): chu-maru
Rocket (nakago): ubu keitai, katayama kengyo nakagojiri, a mekugi ana, kesho yasurime
Length (nagasa): 51.5 cm
Provenance: first sale Collection V.F. Weber, Mes Lair-Dubreuil and Flagel, Drouot, from February 18 to 20, 1925, n°464