An oboshi kabuto and menpo
Edo period (17th century) and later
Comprising twenty-eight plate russet-iron oboshi kabuto, applied with a five-stage, gilt, copper and shakudo tehen kanamono, the mabizashi and fukigaeshi applied with stenciled doe skin, silk cords and gilt metal family crests, and a shakudo and gilt kuwagatadai pierce-carved with chrysanthemum flowers and leaves, gilt-copper kuwagata and a large gold lacquer dragon maedate, the bowl mounted with a five-lame kiritsuke iyozane shikoro lacquered black and laced in navy with colored highlights; with an iron Okina menpo forged with deep wrinkles and a separate nose plate, applied with a boar bristle mustache and chin tuft and inscribed in red lacquer on the chin Muneyoshi saku, fitted with a three-lame solid plate yodarekake lacquered black
Estimate: US$ 10,000 – 15,000
€7,400 – 11,000
£6,200 – 9,400