A kawari kabuto (exotic helmet)
Lot 61 A

A kawari kabuto (exotic helmet)

Momoyama period (late 16th century)

Closed15 April 2016

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USD 17,500

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A kawari kabuto (exotic helmet)
Momoyama period (late 16th century)
A zunari (head-shaped) three plate iron of 'yaro-to' (rough fellow's head) shape with boar's bristle forming the hair with a tied top-knot, the mabisashi of a further plate of red-lacquered iron forming a high forehead, maedate (fore-crest) of two opposed carp of wood with gold foil, a four tier gold-lacquered Hineno shikoro (neck guard) of close red-laced itazane (plain iron sheet), single sheet iron red-lacquered reisei (fierce style) menpo (face mask) with gold-lacquered teeth, vestiges of a bristle moustache, four tier yodarekake (bib) lacquered gold and red-laced matching the shikoro

Private collection, Japan