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Lot 475
Sale 526 - Asian Works of Art
Sep 25, 2017
9:59AM
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Estimate
$3,000 -
5,000
Price Realized
$1,750
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Lot Description
A Suit of Warrior Armor
EDO PERIOD (1603-1868)
comprising an iron semi-spherical helmet bowl (kabuto); a red lacquered iron whole face mask (menpo) with tiered iron plate throat guard connected by green and red braid; a two-piece cuirass (do) laced with green and red braid; two lower arm guards with iron plates following the profile of the arms; two shoulder guards (sode) also laced with same color braid; two thigh guards (haidate) of closely laced lacquered iron rectangulars; together with two fitted boxes.
Height of cuirass 29 inches.

