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Aikuchi-Mounted Tanto browse these categories for related items... All Items: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese: Swords and Related: Pre 1700: item # 899093 Please refer to our stock # FC-425p when inquiring.
Flying Cranes Antiques Ltd. 1050 Second Avenue, Galleries 55, 56 and 58 New York, NY 10022 Tel.212-223-4600 Guest Book Price on Request |
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| This is an aikuchi -mounted tanto in a black lacquered saya with smooth copper fittings. The gilt menuki formed as a plum blossom crest rests on a gold-lacquered, silk-covered hilt. The aikuchi tanto includes a pair of split kogai of ribbed, shakudo design, its kozuka knife with copper handle deeply carved with the image of Daruma. Includes shira saya (wood storage case). The unsigned blade is in excellent condition has a three-holed tang and dates from the late Koto Period (late 16th Century), Japan. | |||||||||||
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