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A JAPANESE KATANA AND WAKIZASHI MOUNTED AS A DAISHO, 18TH CENTURY
the katana with slightly curved single-edged blade with wavy hamon (one small chip), plain tang pierced with a single mekugi-ana, rounded nakago-jiri pierced parcel gilt iron Soten school tsuba decorated with a Samurai in a stylised landscape, fabric-bound sharkskin-covered grip with chiselled and gilt fuchi and kashira, a pair of gilt menuki formed as kabuto, in a lacquered saya decorated with foliage and a warrior; the wakizashi with slightly curved single-edged blade with wavy hamon, plain tang pierced with a single mekugi-ana, angular nakago-jiri, parcel-gilt iron tsuba pierced with figurative designs, fabric-bound sharkskin-covered grip, chiselled and gilt fuchi and kabuto-gane decorated with flowers and foliage, and a pair of soft metal menuki, in a lacquered saya decorated with foliage
the katana: 61.5cm; 24 1/4in blade
the wakizashi: 45cm; 17 3/4in blade
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2500 - 3500

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M

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