A nanban kabuto
Momoyama period (early 17th century)
The helmet designed in dark greenish brown lacquer in the form of a Spanish cabasset, decorative gilt-copper button finials fittings around the rim, with a cherry blossom tehen fitting, the rear with a special fitting that allows for an ushirodate of white yak hair in a base of gilt copper and decorated with the crest of the Tokugawa family carved in relief
Estimate: US$ 10,000 – 15,000
€7,400 – 11,000
£6,200 – 9,400
Footnotes
Exhibited:
Tokyo, Itabashi Museum, “Katchu, nishi to higashi/ East meets West: European Armor in Japan, Its History and Influence on the Japanese Counterpart”, 2009.7