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Lot 492A
Mid-Edo Period Mumei Wakizashi W/ Nice Koshirae & Saya
Estimate: $300 - $600
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Manufacturer: Mumei (unsigned)
Model: Wakizashi (mid-Edo period c. 1700)
Blade Length: 17 in.
OAL: 27 in. in saya
Condition: Fair-Good; blade has been reshaped; some Ware (flaws) from forging process in blade; faint remnants of Hamon line; blade surface is worn; Ito (wrapping) is worn w/ patina; rayskin is missing some pieces
Includes: black laquer saya; nice Koshirae (fittings) w/ feudal landscape depictions (on fuchi & kashira); cast tsuba (signed Mitsushi Saku) shows Samurai on horseback riding through landscape w/ clouds in the sky; Menuki (maybe pea pod design?) on each side of tsuka under Ito (wrapping); rayskin on tsuka under Ito
Provenance: A Georgetown, Texas estate
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