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Lot of Assorted Edo-Period Japanese Armor
Estimate: $1,000-$1,500
Sold
$500
Live Auction
Arms, Armor and Militaria
Location
Cincinnati
Description
Lot of Assorted Edo-Period Japanese Armor
Lot of assorted Edo-period Japanese armor including front and back do (cuirass) armor with kusazuri, appearing to be made from iron plates covered with leather. Also included with lot is a single kote (vambrace) chain mail sleeve, a single kogake (sabaton) with iron plates and mail, a happuri mask, hachi-gane helmet, nodowa, and yari blade that has been turned into a maedate. Items most likely paired up at some point and non-matching.
This lot is located in Cincinnati.
Condition
All items are in about fair condition, with scattered losses to leather covering on plates, oxidation to exposed iron plates, with moderate to heavy losses and frays to cloth overall. Some of items may have contemporary repairs and components.