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A fine Japanese Tanto. Edo period, circa 1700-1750, with a…
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Melbourne
Date:
22-Feb-2015
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A fine Japanese Tanto. Edo period, circa 1700-1750, with a lacquered and patterned sharkskin hilt, a black lacquered scabbard with 'Gold dust' inclusions, a folded steel blade or hamon, foliage embellished menuki, the removable kozuka with flower and leaf designs, complete with a landscape decorated tsuba, the matching fuchi and koiguchi both embellished with goldfish and aquatic plants. Length 40 cm
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Oriental: Zother