SPRING VIRTUAL FINE ARMS AND ARMOUR AUCTION - ONLINE ONLY(#310527) 30/03/2021 10:00 AM GMT CLOSED Auction Information Advanced Search ▼ Items per page 122448 Advanced Search Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#Lot NameNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBidsViews Filter By Categories Category match ANY of the aboveALL of the above Featured Exclude closed lots Price Lot Number Results: Viewing items 1-48 of 455. View Lot 1 A KATANA, 63.1cm Koto blade with two mekugi-ana, suguha hamon, nashiji hada, fully bound tsuka with shakudo nanako fuchi-kashira decorated with dragons in gold, gilt dragon menuki, in its swirling red and black lacquered saya. Estimate£800 - £1,000Winning Bid£1,600StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history View details Estimate£800 - £1,000Winning Bid£1,600StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history Lot 2 A KATANA, 76.1cm Shinto blade with one mekugi-ana, midare hamon, itame hada, bound tsuka with gold decorated fuchi and shakudo and gilt floral menuki, circular iron tsuba decorated with brass leaves, in its brown lacquered saya with clouds in black lacquer, iron kajiri pierced with crashing waves. Estimate£1,000 - £1,500Winning Bid£1,800StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history View details Estimate£1,000 - £1,500Winning Bid£1,800StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history Lot 3 A KATANA, 65.1cm Shinto blade with two mekugi-ana, midare hamon, bound tsuka with iron fuchi and kabuto-gane, floral shakudo menuki, rounded square iron tsuba decorated with reeds with gold details, in its black lacquered saya with iron kojiri. Estimate£800 - £1,000Winning Bid£950StatusCLOSED View details Estimate£800 - £1,000Winning Bid£950StatusCLOSED Lot 4 A GENDAITO, 67cm blade with one mekugi-ana signed Emura, choji hamon, nashiji hada, in shira-saya with sword bag. Estimate£600 - £800Winning Bid£1,100StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history View details Estimate£600 - £800Winning Bid£1,100StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history Lot 5 A GENDAITO, 64.5cm blade with one mekugi-ana signed Nagamitsu, midare hamon with sunagashi, itame hamon, in shira-saya with sword bag. Estimate£500 - £700Winning Bid£980StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history View details Estimate£500 - £700Winning Bid£980StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history Lot 6 A WAKIZASHI, 55.2cm Shinto blade with one mekugi-ana signed Kuniyasu, notare hamon, nashiji hada, fully bound tsuka with iron fuchi-kashira, iron menuki overlaid with characters in silver and gold, circular iron namban tsuba inlaid with gold and silver dragons within a silver geometric border, in its black laquered saya decorated with stylized clouds, iron kojiri, iron kodzuka decorated with a fly, characters and a seal in gold. Estimate£500 - £700Winning Bid£1,500StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history View details Estimate£500 - £700Winning Bid£1,500StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history Lot 8 AN HANDACHI MOUNTED SHINTO WAKIZASHI, 41.9cm o-suriage blade with one mekugi-ana and midare hamon, fully bound tsuka with iron Higo fuchi and kabuto-gane decorated in gold with scrolls, shakudo and gilt Tomoe mon, iron sukashi tsuba chiselled and pierced with gilded and silvered dragons, contained in its textured red lacquer saya with iron mounts ensuite with the tsuka. Estimate£500 - £700Winning Bid£2,000StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history View details Estimate£500 - £700Winning Bid£2,000StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history Lot 9 AN AIKUCHI TANTO, 20.7cm unsigned hira-zukuri Shinto blade carved with hi on each side, midare hamon, fully bound tsuka with iron higo fuchi kashira decorated in gold with stylised dragons and clouds, copper dragonfly menuki, contained in its black ishime lacquered saya with koi-guchi, kurikata and kojiri decorated ensuite, complete with iron kodzuka with gold geometric decoration. Estimate£2,000 - £3,000Winning Bid£2,000StatusCLOSED View details Estimate£2,000 - £3,000Winning Bid£2,000StatusCLOSED Lot 10 AN AIKUCHI TANTO, 15cm hira-zukuri Shinto blade carved with hi on each side, three mekugi-ana signed Kunitomo, the ribbed wooden tsuka decorated with stylised clouds in gold and black lacquer, ornate shaped shibuichi mounts, contained in its gold and black lacquered saya with shibuichi mounts including ring kurikata, ensuite with the tsuka. Estimate£2,000 - £3,000Winning Bid£1,900StatusCLOSED View details Estimate£2,000 - £3,000Winning Bid£1,900StatusCLOSED Lot 11 A SHIBAYAMA MOUNTED TANTO, 19cm blade with etched hamon, details of nakago unavailable, the tsuka and saya of polished bone engraved and inlaid with mother of pearl, horn, coral and hardstone with a bird on a flowering branch, with sword bag and wood storage box. Estimate£1,200 - £1,500Winning Bid£1,300StatusCLOSED View details Estimate£1,200 - £1,500Winning Bid£1,300StatusCLOSED Lot 12 A WAKIZASHI, 53.3cm Shinto blade with two mekugi-ana signed Echizen no ju Chikugo no Kami Fujiwara Kanenori with peony stamp, midare hamon with tobiyaki, nashiji hada, in shira-saya with sword bag. Estimate£600 - £800Winning Bid£1,000StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history View details Estimate£600 - £800Winning Bid£1,000StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history Lot 13 A WAKIZASHI, 32.5cm Shinto blade with two mekugi-ana, suguha hamon, fully bound tsuka with iron fuchi-kashira, decorated with a dragon and foliage in gold, shakudo and gilt shi-shi menuki, sentoku tsuba pierced with an eagle and sparrows, in its black ishime lacquered saya with sentoku kodzuka decorated with chidori and crashing waves. Estimate£200 - £300Winning Bid£350StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history View details Estimate£200 - £300Winning Bid£350StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history Lot 14 A JITTE, 35.5cm shaft of square tapering section with up-turned hook at the base, fully bound tsuka with stippled brass fuchi and horn kashira, gilt menuki in the form of oxen, stippled brass tsuba. Estimate£200 - £300Winning Bid£600StatusCLOSED View details Estimate£200 - £300Winning Bid£600StatusCLOSED Lot 15 A KOTO WAKIZASHI, 48.5cm blade with faded hamon, one mekugi-ana, tsuka lacking, contained in its black lacquered saya. Estimate£100 - £150Winning Bid£360StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history View details Estimate£100 - £150Winning Bid£360StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history Lot 16 A PERCUSSION PISTOL, 4.25inch barrel, bar hammer, folding trigger, mounted as a tanto, the tsuka lacquered to imitate leather, leather wrapped saya. Estimate£400 - £500Winning Bid£760StatusCLOSED View details Estimate£400 - £500Winning Bid£760StatusCLOSED Lot 17 A KWAI-KEN, 14.7cm blade, the tsuka and saya carved to imitate a fan. Estimate£200 - £300Winning Bid£400StatusCLOSED View details Estimate£200 - £300Winning Bid£400StatusCLOSED Lot 18 A POLISHED BONE MOUNTED TANTO, 18cm blade, the tsuka and saya carved with a dragon head, mythical figures and waves, some inlaid mother-o'-pearl details. Repairs. Estimate£200 - £300Winning Bid£340StatusCLOSED View details Estimate£200 - £300Winning Bid£340StatusCLOSED Lot 19 A COLLECTION OF NINE VARIOUS LACQUERED WAKIZASHI SAYA, and one tanto saya. (10) Estimate£200 - £300Winning Bid£380StatusCLOSED View details Estimate£200 - £300Winning Bid£380StatusCLOSED Lot 20 A COLLECTION OF TEN VARIOUS LACQUERED SAYA, one with sageo and tsunagi. (10) Estimate£200 - £300Winning Bid£380StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history View details Estimate£200 - £300Winning Bid£380StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history Lot 21 A COLLECTION OF NINE VARIOUS KATANA SAYA, four with leather combat covers. (9) Estimate£200 - £300Winning Bid£540StatusCLOSED View details Estimate£200 - £300Winning Bid£540StatusCLOSED Lot 22 A MEIJI JAPANESE LACQUERED IRON PATCHBOX, highlighted in gilt and with signature seal, decorated with an eagle seated on a rock, it's wings raised, 9.25 x 7.6 x 3cm. Estimate£100 - £150Winning Bid£1,300StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history View details Estimate£100 - £150Winning Bid£1,300StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history Lot 23 A MEIJI JAPANESE LACQUERED PICNIC BOX, the 19cm high shaped box decorated over all with gold coloured Mon and foliage, the interior with lacquered tray decorated to match. Estimate£80 - £120Winning Bid£130StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history View details Estimate£80 - £120Winning Bid£130StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history Lot 24 A MEIJI JAPANESE LACQUERED FAN BOX, the 25cm long body decorated over all with finely detailed gold coloured fans and Matsudaira Clan Mon (Tsuta), gold fleck interior and base, complete with silk securing sash. Estimate£80 - £120Winning Bid£280StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history View details Estimate£80 - £120Winning Bid£280StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history Lot 25 BOOKS: FUJISHIRO MATSUO, NIHON TOKO JITEN, the two volume set, Koto and Shinto Publishing, 1964, together with W.M. Hawley, Japanese Swordsmiths, the two volume set, 1966 and 1967. (4) Estimate£100 - £150Winning Bid£240StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history View details Estimate£100 - £150Winning Bid£240StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history Lot 26 A COLLECTION OF SHIRA-SAYA KOSHIRAE, comprising three tsuka and saya for katana, four sets for wakizashi, one for a tanto, and a katana saya. Estimate£200 - £300Winning Bid£380StatusCLOSED View details Estimate£200 - £300Winning Bid£380StatusCLOSED Lot 27 A CIRCULAR SUKASHI TSUBA, chiselled and pierced with a ring of stylised flowerheads and circles, in wood storage box. 7.2cm. Estimate£60 - £80Winning Bid£130StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history View details Estimate£60 - £80Winning Bid£130StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history Lot 28 A LOBED SHAKUDO TSUBA, the stippled plate with large gold lined shaped kitsu-ana and gilt rim, in wood storage box. 6.9cm. Estimate£60 - £80Winning Bid£170StatusCLOSED View details Estimate£60 - £80Winning Bid£170StatusCLOSED Lot 29 A MOKKO-SHAPE IRON NAMBAN TSUBA, chiselled and pierced with two dragons and a tama amidst scrolls, in wood storage box. 7.7cm. Estimate£60 - £80Winning Bid£260StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history View details Estimate£60 - £80Winning Bid£260StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history Lot 30 AN OVAL IRON TSUBA, chiselled and pierced with dragons, flower heads and scrolls, in wood storage box. 8.3cm. Estimate£60 - £80Winning Bid£160StatusCLOSED View details Estimate£60 - £80Winning Bid£160StatusCLOSED Lot 31 A PAIR OF SHAKUDO MENUKI, in the form of fish and reeds, gilt details, in wood storage box. Estimate£60 - £80Winning Bid£95StatusCLOSED View details Estimate£60 - £80Winning Bid£95StatusCLOSED Lot 32 A PAIR OF SHAKADO MENUKI, in the form of ears of maize, in wood storage box. Estimate£60 - £80Winning Bid£90StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history View details Estimate£60 - £80Winning Bid£90StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history Lot 33 A KATANA STORAGE BOX, of characteristic wooden construction. Estimate£100 - £150Winning Bid£100StatusCLOSED View details Estimate£100 - £150Winning Bid£100StatusCLOSED Lot 34 A STAND FOR FOUR SWORDS, the gold nashiji body decorated with roundels of different foliage in two colour gold, red and black lacquer and with foliate engraved metal fittings. Estimate£500 - £700Winning Bid£1,100StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history View details Estimate£500 - £700Winning Bid£1,100StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history Lot 35 A SENTOKU KODZUKA, decorated with a bird on a branch, the reverse signed Ichihide and Kao, in wood storage box. Estimate£60 - £80Winning Bid£110StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history View details Estimate£60 - £80Winning Bid£110StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history Lot 36 A GILT KOGAI, with shakudo nanako plate applied with a gold chrysanthemum, the reverse signed Sasaki Umeshige with Kao, in wood storage box. Estimate£120 - £150Winning Bid£220StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history View details Estimate£120 - £150Winning Bid£220StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history Lot 37 A CHINESE QING DYNASTY TENGPAI OR SHIELD, 82cm diameter convex rattan body brightly painted with a roaring tiger's face and the wang character. Some damage to wicker and lacking the arm straps to the reverse. Estimate£1,400 - £1,800Winning Bid£3,000StatusCLOSED View details Estimate£1,400 - £1,800Winning Bid£3,000StatusCLOSED Lot 38 A LATE 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY CHINESE JIAN OR STRAIGHT SWORD, 83.5cm flattened diamond section blade, profusely inlaid in silver with courtly figures, characters and dragon, characteristic brass mounted hilt embossed with entwined dragons and foliage, two-piece bone grip decorated with courtly figures within a blossomed landscape, contained in its embossed brass mounted wooden scabbard decorated to match. Estimate£400 - £500Winning Bid£2,200StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history View details Estimate£400 - £500Winning Bid£2,200StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history Lot 39 A LATE 19TH CENTURY VIETNAMESE KIEM OR SWORD, 57.5cm double fullered blade chiselled with smoke and flames at the forte, characteristic white metal mounted hilt decorated with stylized dragons and dragon heads, polished horn grip carved with foliage and stylized calligraphy, contained in its white metal mounted wooden scabbard decorated to match. Crushing to hilt mounts. Virtually identical to the typical Chinese jian. Estimate£800 - £1,000Winning Bid£900StatusCLOSED View details Estimate£800 - £1,000Winning Bid£900StatusCLOSED Lot 40 A 19TH CENTURY BURMESE DHA OR SHORT DAGGER, 17cm slightly curved blade, characteristic white metal mounted hilt, the carved horn grip in the form of a seated figure with bound hands and feet. Estimate£200 - £300Winning Bid£220StatusCLOSED View details Estimate£200 - £300Winning Bid£220StatusCLOSED Lot 41 A 19TH CENTURY VIETNAMESE SWORD OR GUOM, 62cm curved fullered European blade, characteristic brass mounted hilt with slotted brass European hilt, the top white metal wrapped and set with green stones, the bold lion's head pommel set with red stones, rhinoceros horn grip, contained in its brass mounted wooden scabbard decorated with stylised mythical beasts. The blade and knuckle guard would indicate that the basis for this traditionally constructed Vietnamese Guom was a captured or purchased 18t Estimate£1,200 - £1,400Winning Bid£1,200StatusCLOSED View details Estimate£1,200 - £1,400Winning Bid£1,200StatusCLOSED Lot 42 A CHINESE QING DYNASTY LACQUERED WOODEN BOW, of characteristic form with red and black striped decoration, 82cm diameter. Estimate£100 - £150Winning Bid£420StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history View details Estimate£100 - £150Winning Bid£420StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history Lot 43 A 19TH CENTURY CHINESE TROUSSE, the principal knife with 21cm fullered blade, characteristic hilt with two-piece riveted stained bone grips, decorated with stylized Chinese characters, complete with companion stained bone chopsticks, contained in its brass mounted stained bone scabbard profusely decorated with dragons and swirling smoke. Estimate£250 - £350StatusUnsold View details Estimate£250 - £350StatusUnsold Lot 44 A LATE 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY CHINESE ENAMELLED TROUSSE, 13.5cm fullered blade with jadeite hilt, contained in its silvered copper case decorated with courtly figures and animals within a landscape, all highlighted in brightly coloured enamels. Estimate£300 - £400Winning Bid£480StatusCLOSED View details Estimate£300 - £400Winning Bid£480StatusCLOSED Lot 45 A 19TH CENTURY CHINESE OR MONGOLIAN TROUSSE, 18.5cm blade, tip chipped, two-piece riveted polished horn grips, contained in its polished same wrapped wooden scabbard, complete with companion ivory chopsticks. Please note that this lot cannot be shipped outside the EU and may be subject to the implementation of new UK laws. Estimate£80 - £120Winning Bid£100StatusCLOSED View details Estimate£80 - £120Winning Bid£100StatusCLOSED Lot 46 A LARGE 19TH CENTURY TIBETAN SHORT SWORD, 39.5cm double fullered blade, characteristic white metal hilt decorated with dragons, birds and mythical beasts, contained in its white metal mounted shagreen trimmed wooden scabbard decorated to match. Estimate£500 - £700StatusUnsold View details Estimate£500 - £700StatusUnsold Lot 47 AN 18TH CENTURY TIBETAN DAGGER, 27cm double fullered blade, characteristic brass mounted hilt with shagreen wrapped grip, contained in its leather and vellum wrapped wooden scabbard with brass chape. Estimate£200 - £300Winning Bid£180StatusCLOSED View details Estimate£200 - £300Winning Bid£180StatusCLOSED Lot 48 A LATE 19TH CENTURY TIBETAN DAGGER, 13cm fullered blade, characteristic white metal hilt and scabbard decorated with stylised dragons, together with two modern faux damascus Indian dagger blades with faceted edges, an etched Indian sword blade and a Parang Golok, with scabbard. (5) Estimate£400 - £600StatusUnsold View details Estimate£400 - £600StatusUnsold Lot 49 A 19TH CENTURY INDIAN SHAMSHIR, 76cm curved Wootz damascus blade with koftgari numerals on the back edge, copper gilt hilt decorated with scrolling foliage and flowerheads, gem set horse's head pommel, contained in its green velvet wrapped wooden scabbard. Estimate£1,500 - £1,800StatusUnsoldBidding historyBidding history View details Estimate£1,500 - £1,800StatusUnsoldBidding historyBidding history Items per page 122448 Previous|12345678910|Next Previous 12345678910 Next Previous 12345678910 Next