the Shinshinto wakizashi signed Yokoyama Sukenaga in Hira Zukuri form with choji, the blade in a shirasaya and in a Japanese polish with solid silver habaki.
Length of blade 36.3 cm.
This lot is located in Chicago.
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Annie Wu
Senior Vice President, Head of Department, Asian Art
Ms. Wu joined the firm in 2014, after working as a specialist in the Asian Works of Art Department of an East Coast auction house. She researches, appraises, and sells Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Indian, and South East Asian works of art, including jades, bronzes, ceramics, paintings, armor, and furniture. Throughout her career, Ms. Wu has achieved record prices for several prominent estates and collections, including the Estate of Frank G. Mertes, Sr., Winona, Minnesota; the Chinese Painting Collection of Ms. Yuan Jiaying and Mr. Li Guoyuan, Chicago; the Estate of Hisazo Nagatani, Chicago, and the Asian Art Collection deaccessioned from the Strong Museum of Play, Rochester, New York.
