AUCTIONS IMPERIAL JUNE 2020 ARMS & ARMOR

A SUIT OF JAPANSE SAMURAI ARMOR

This auction ended on June 27, 2020.

Start price: $860

Estimated price: $1,800 - $2,000

Buyer's Premium: 24.9%

Sold for: $1,700

Description

Edo era, comprising a six-plate steel kabuto helmet and shikoro in dark brown lacquer. The do is steel, the sode combined of mail and plates, the kusazuri likewise of steel. The haidate are composed of mail with small, lacquered steel plates, the suneate are of dark brown-lacquered steel plates connected by mail. C. 1700. Losses to lacquer. Height of do 81 cm. Condition II STAND NOT INCLUDED