AUTUMN VIRTUAL ARMS AND ARMOUR AUCTION(#310529) 09/11/2021 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 530. View Lot 1 AN AIKUCHI, 27.6cm hira-zukuri Koto blade with three mekugi-ana, suguha hamon with utsuri, nashiji hada, baleen bound tsuka with silver fuchi-kashira engraved with leaves and signed Ikeda Takatoshi, gold dragon and Shi-shi menuki, in its finely black lacquered saya decorated with scrolling foliage in gold lacquer, silver mounts comprising koiguchi, kurikata, uragawara, kojiri and split kogai decorated en suite with the tsuka and matched kodzuka. Sold with N.T.H.K. Kanteisho paper dated 2003. View details Estimate£1,500 - £2,500Winning Bid£5,000StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history Lot 2 AN AIKUCHI, 25.5cm hira-zukuri Shinto blade with hi, one mekugi-ana, suguha hamon, ribbed wood tsuka with horn fuchi-kashira, the mekugi with soft metal mon, in its aogai lacquered saya, with silver kojiri and complete with stippled gilt kodzuka and kogai decorated with mon. View details Estimate£800 - £1,200Winning Bid£940StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history Lot 3 A WAKIZASHI, 30.1cm Shinto blade with one mekugi-ana signed Masaharu saku, suguha hamon, masame hada, fully bound tsuka with shakudo-nanako fuchi-kashira decorated with a cherry blossom tree and a gate in soft metals, shakudo and gilt horse menuki, iron tsuba decorated with a street musician and his monkey in soft metals and signed Yasuchika, in its red lacquered saya inlaid in Shibayama style with butterflies and other insects in mother of pearl, horn and ivory, complete with natural wood kodzu View details Estimate£900 - £1,200Winning Bid£1,400StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history Lot 4 A WAKIZASHI, 57cm Shinto blade with one mekugi-ana, suguha hamon, nashiji hada, fully bound tsuka with shakudo fuchi-kashira decorated with grass seeds in soft metals, shakudo menuki in the form of buffalo, circular iron tsuba pierced and decorated in soft metals with vine leaves, faintly signed, in its speckled green aogai lacquered saya with large silver kojiri in the form of a crayfish, complete with a gilt kodzuka and kogai decorated with figures in a landscape, in silk sword bag. Sold with View details Estimate£900 - £1,200Winning Bid£1,000StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history Lot 5 A WAKIZASHI, 45.6cm Shinto blade with hi, two mekugi-ana signed Bushu ju Shigetsugu, midare hamon, itame hada, rebound tsuka with shakudo fuchi-kashira decorated with household implements in soft metals and signed Yagawa Toshimasa, shakudo and gilt sword and kabuto menuki, iron sukashi tsuba chiselled with chrysanthemums with gold details, in its restored black lacquered saya decorated with leaves and butterflies in gold lacquer, complete with brass kodzuka engraved with a smiling figure. View details Estimate£900 - £1,200Winning Bid£1,000StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history Lot 6 A WAKIZASHI BLADE, Shin-shinto, 45.7cm long with one mekugi-ana, midare hamon, in European shira-saya. View details Estimate£100 - £200Winning Bid£280StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history Lot 7 A DAISHO, THE KATANA, 65cm Shinto blade with one mekugi-ana, choji-midare hamon, itame hada, THE WAKIZASHI, 44.7cm Shinto blade with two mekugi-ana, signed Mutsu no Kami Tachibama Tamayasu, midare hamon, mokume hada, THE KOSHIRAE, fully bound tsuka with shakudo fuchi decorated with fighting samurai in soft metals, horn kashira, soft metal floral menuki, circular iron Jakushi School tsuba chiselled and decorated in gold with landscapes, in finely ribbed black lacquered saya, the wakizashi with sh View details Estimate£2,000 - £3,000Winning Bid£1,800StatusCLOSED Lot 8 A DAISHO, THE KATANA, 71.3cm Shin-shinto blade with one mekugi-ana signed Kofu ju Minamoto Nobuteru, suguha-midare hamon, itame hada, THE WAKIZASHI, 49.6cm Shinto blade with one mekugi-ana signed Masachika saku, midare hamon, itame hada, THE KOSHIRAE, fully bound tsuka with copper fuchi with snowflake pattern, horn kashira, brass mon menuki, iron sukashi tsuba chiselled and pierced with leaves with gold details, the wakizashi with kodzuka and kogai decorated en suite together with kunikata, urag View details Estimate£2,000 - £2,500Winning Bid£1,800StatusCLOSED Lot 9 A DAISHO, THE KATANA, 66.1cm Showa blade with one mekugi-ana, suguha hamon, THE WAKIZASHI, 53.5cm Shinto blade with one mekugi-ana signed Kishu ju Yasushige, midare hamon, THE KOSHIRAE, fully bound tsuka with shakudo fuchi-kashira decorated with rats and fruit in soft metals, dragon menuki, lobed iron sukashi tsuba, in partly ribbed black lacquered saya, the wakizashi with copper kodzuka with soft metal leaf decoration. View details Estimate£900 - £1,200Winning Bid£1,200StatusCLOSED Lot 10 A HANDACHI, 69.7cm Shin-shinto blade with one mekugi-ana, signed Bizen Osafune ju Yokoyama Kaga-suke Fujiwara Sukenaga, notare-midare hamon, itame hada, fully bound tsuka with shakudo-nanako fuchi and kabuto-gane with gilt borders, shakudo and gilt dragon menuki, circular iron tsuba chiselled with leaves, in its roughened brown lacquered saya with mounts en suite with the tsuka. View details Estimate£2,000 - £3,000StatusUnsold Lot 11 A KATANA, 62.7cm Shinto blade with two mekugi-ana signed Choshu ju Fujiwara Nobutaro saku kore, wild midare hamon with tobiyaki, fully bound tsuka with iron fuchi-kashira decorated with large cherry blossoms in gold, shakudo and gold menuki in the form of mantis, iron tsuba decorated in brass with a figure and an oxon in a landscape, in its black ishime lacquered saya with iron kojiri chiselled with clouds. View details Estimate£1,400 - £1,800Winning Bid£1,500StatusCLOSED Lot 12 A KATANA, 69cm Shinto blade with one mekugi-ana, signed Hizen no Kuni Kawachi no Kami Masahiro, choji-midare hamon, itame hada, in full military pattern mounts, the kabuto-gane applied with a silver mon. View details Estimate£1,200 - £1,500Winning Bid£2,000StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history Lot 13 A SHINTO KATANA, 68.7cm blade with one mekugi-ana signed Hizen Mutsu no Kami Tadayoshi, suguha hamon, nashiji hada, in full military pattern mounts, the kabuto-gane applied with a silver mon, complete with knot. View details Estimate£800 - £1,200Winning Bid£1,400StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history Lot 14 A SHOWA-TO, 61.3cm blade with one mekugi-ana signed Asano Kanesane saku, midare hamon, in full military pattern mounts with black lacquered saya. View details Estimate£500 - £800Winning Bid£760StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history Lot 15 A GENDAITO, 65.6cm blade with one mekugi-ana signed Sukehiro and dated 2603 years from the foundation of the Empire (1945), choji-midare hamon with tobiyaki, nashiji hada, in full military pattern mounts with polished same saya, the kabuto-gane applied with a silver mon, complete with general officer's knot. View details Estimate£900 - £1,200Winning Bid£1,600StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history Lot 16 A GENDAITO, 65.6cm blade with one mekugi-ana signed Seki ju Kaneaki with Showa stamp, midare hamon, mokume hada, fully bound tsuka with shakudo fuchi-kashira decorated with trailing vines in soft metals, shakudo and gilt menuki in the form of abumi and yumi, lobed iron sukashi tsuba, in its black ishume lacquered saya. View details Estimate£900 - £1,200Winning Bid£980StatusCLOSED Lot 17 A GENDAITO, 64cm blade with one mekugi-ana signed Tsuguyoshi saku with star stamp and dated 1943, choji hamon, in full military pattern mounts. View details Estimate£800 - £1,000Winning Bid£1,400StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history Lot 18 A GENDAITO, 60.5cm blade with one mekugi-ana signed Ichihara Nagamitsu, choji hamon with nashiji hada, in shira-saya with sword bag. View details Estimate£700 - £900Winning Bid£940StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history Lot 19 A GENDAITO, 67cm blade with two mekugi-ana, signed Nagamitsu saku, choji-midare hamon with nashiji hada, in shira-saya with sword bag. View details Estimate£700 - £900Winning Bid£940StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history Lot 20 A GENDAITO, 67.1cm blade with one mekugi-ana signed Bishu Masayasu, suguha hamon, nashiji hada, in full military pattern mounts, ito damaged, complete with knot. View details Estimate£700 - £1,000Winning Bid£660StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history Lot 21 A GENDAITO, 62.5cm blade with one mekugi-ana signed Chounsai Emura saku, midare hamon, fully bound tsuka with plain iron fuchi-kashira, soft metal menuki, circular iron tsuba, in its black lacquered saya. View details Estimate£700 - £1,000Winning Bid£680StatusCLOSED Lot 22 A GENDAITO, 67.8cm blade with one mekugi-ana signed Seki ju Fujiwara Kanesada saku, midare hamon, in full military mounts. View details Estimate£350 - £450Winning Bid£680StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history Lot 23 TWO SECOND WAR PERIOD JAPANESE SWORD KNOTS, one in tan and blue, the other tan and purple. Some fraying and losses. (2) View details Estimate£100 - £150Winning Bid£170StatusCLOSED Lot 24 A 19TH CENTURY JAPANESE JINGASA OR WAR HAT, 39cm diameter lacquered papier mache body of dished concave form drawn out to a rounded peak and decorated with stripes, scrolls and a pierced circular Mon, the interior with two lines of calligraphy. View details Estimate£100 - £150Winning Bid£80StatusCLOSED Lot 25 A PAIR OF JAPANESE LACQUER OCTAGONAL TRAYS, each decorated in semi-relief with inset glass eyes on a black ground with gilt rim, both signed and with seal, 50cm diameter. View details Estimate£200 - £300Winning Bid£940StatusCLOSED Lot 26 W.M.HAWLEY, Japanese Swordsmiths, the two volume set, 1966 and 1967, together with Fujishiro Matsuo, Nihon Toko Jiten, the two volume set, in Japanese, slip covers in poor condition, and another also in Japanese. (5) View details Estimate£100 - £150Winning Bid£110StatusCLOSED Lot 27 W.M.HAWLEY, Japanese Swordsmiths, the two volume set, 1966 and 1967, together with Fujishiro Matsuo, Nihon Toko Jiten, the two volume set, in Japanese, slip covers in poor condition, four other Japanese books on daggers, etc, and Art and the Sword, vol. 7. (8) View details Estimate£100 - £150Winning Bid£320StatusCLOSED Lot 28 A LATE 19TH CENTURY CHINESE EXECUTIONER'S SWORD, 105cm double fullered blade, characteristic hilt with large oval dished disc guard, the underside with old label C. HEDEMANN, cord bound grip with brass mounts. The label refers to the photographer and engineer Christian Jacob Hedemann who famously photographed Hawaii and China and published his book Catalogue of the Collection of Weapons in 1928. View details Estimate£700 - £900Winning Bid£680StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history Lot 29 A LATE 19TH CENTURY WHITE METAL MOUNTED BURMESE DHA OR SWORD, 52.5cm clean sharp blade, white metal mounted hilt decorated with bands of filigree, cord bound grip, contained in its white metal mounted cord bound wooden scabbard. View details Estimate£150 - £250Winning Bid£140StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history Lot 30 A 19TH CENTURY TIBETAN OR BHUTANESE DAGGER, 30.5cm watered steel blade, white metal mounted hilt with faceted fishskin grip, contained in its leather wrapped wooden scabbard. View details Estimate£150 - £200StatusUnsold Lot 31 A LATE 19TH OR VERY EARLY 20TH CENTURY VIETNAMESE KIEM OR SWORD, 61cm quadruple fullered blade, characteristic white metal hilt decorated with dragons and scrolling foliage, reeded marine ivory grip, contained in its white metal mounted wooden scabbard with mother-o'-pearl inlay. View details Estimate£1,200 - £1,500Winning Bid£1,100StatusCLOSED Lot 32 A 17TH CENTURY INDIAN CUIRASS OR ARMOUR, the anatomically formed breast plate with raised medial ridge and reinforced scalloped and pierced edges, the back plate of similar anatomical form and with upright gadrooned collar, rolled hinge and pin joints, the armour bears an inscription SAKAR NIZAM ALI KHAN BAHADUR 1192. Born on the 24th of December 1778 the child was the son of Bahu Begum, the favourite and most important wife of the Nizam of Hydrabad. This earlier cuirass was probably refurbished View details Estimate£2,500 - £3,500StatusUnsold Lot 33 A 19TH CENTURY INDO-PERSIAN KULAH KHUD (HELMET) AND DHAL (SHIELD), the single piece domed iron skull decorated with a horned devil's mask, the whole decorated with panels of calligraphy and wild animals, square section spike finial, adjustable nasal bar, gold koftgari highlights and trimmed and shaped camail of butted links, the associated two-piece dhal of characteristic form and 39.25cm in diameter, turned rim with broad border of mounted archers hunting birds amidst dense scrolling foliage, i View details Estimate£1,000 - £1,500Winning Bid£980StatusCLOSED Lot 34 A LATE 19TH CENTURY INDIAN KULAH KHUD OR HELMET, single piece gadrooned skull finely decorated in silver damascene with panels of scrolling foliage and flower heads, the top and front fitted with plume holders and a sliding nasal bar, decorated to match, short camail of butted links. View details Estimate£700 - £900StatusUnsoldBidding historyBidding history Lot 35 A PAIR OF 17TH CENTURY DECCAN INDIAN CHAR AINA OR CHEST ARMOURS, each of rectangular convex form and with turned edges, finely chiselled with borders of scrolling foliage highlighted in gold and further bands of gold koftgari foliage, each quartered central panel with finely chiselled foliate corners and centre piece and later etched Koranic extracts. Each panel 30.5cm x 24cm. (2) View details Estimate£2,200 - £2,600StatusUnsold Lot 36 AN 18TH CENTURY NORTH INDIAN HOOKAH, the faceted horn body with heavy brass mounts, decorated with bands of scrolling foliage with geometric borders, together with another unidentified object, not dissimilar to a prayer wheel in design but with spike foot and chain anchors. (2) View details Estimate£200 - £300StatusUnsold Lot 37 A BRACE OF LATE 17TH OR EARLY 18TH CENTURY INDIAN SPEAR BUTTS OR SANG, each of 18.5cm length, the first with faceted tapering collar decorated with a stylised leaf or bubri decoration, pierced castellated terminal with ring terminal and chain element, the second similar but with spirally fluted collar. (2) View details Estimate£200 - £300StatusUnsold Lot 38 A FRAMED DISPLAY OF 19TH CENTURY INDIAN ARROWS, Jaipur, each of characteristic composition with painted wooden shafts and various different configurations of polished metal heads. View details Estimate£80 - £120Winning Bid£460StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history Lot 39 A LATE 17TH OR EARLY 18TH CENTURY CENTRAL INDIAN MACE, 80cm over all length, shaped flange head with ring turned finial, ring turned haft with characteristic hilt with upturned guard and broad knuckle bow, dished disc pommel with elongated spike finial. View details Estimate£500 - £700StatusUnsold Lot 40 A LATE 19TH CENTURY INDIAN TABAR OR AXE, 87cm over all length, the double head chiselled with scrolling foliage, flowerheads and birds, leaf-shaped finial, etched damascus haft. View details Estimate£100 - £150Winning Bid£180StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history Lot 41 A COLLECTION OF 18TH AND 19TH CENTURY INDIAN ARROWS, each of characteristic form, some with traces of painted or lacquered decoration, a variety of polished heads of various configurations. Some rusting and damage to hafts. (28) View details Estimate£280 - £320Winning Bid£280StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history Lot 42 A LATE 19TH CENTURY INDIAN KHANDA OR SWORD, 72cm blade broadening towards the tip and reinforced along the back and at the forte, highlighted in gold koftgari with scrolling foliage and flowerheads, characteristic hilt with upturned guard, broad knuckle bow and disc pommel with elongated spike finial, decorated to match and with velvet liner, contained in its velvet wrapped wooden scabbard. View details Estimate£3,000 - £4,000StatusUnsold Lot 43 A LARGE 19TH CENTURY INDIAN EXECUTIONER'S SWORD OR TEGHA, 84cm curved blade, broadening and double edged towards the tip, rounded, and inlaid with traces of gold decoration at the forte and tip, 6.75cm at the widest point, characteristic sheet hilt with upturned guard and broad knuckle bow, disc pommel with spherical pommel, coloured cloth grip covering. View details Estimate£400 - £600Winning Bid£900StatusCLOSEDBidding historyBidding history Lot 44 A LATE 18TH CENTURY INDIAN TULWAR OR SWORD, 76cm curved triple fullered blade, characteristic hilt with scrolling knuckle guard with Tiger's head finial, dished disc pommel, together with a copper hilted 19th century example with 73.5cm curved double fullered blade, characteristic copper hilt with foliate decoration, disc pommel, loose, leather wrapped wooden scabbard. (2) View details Estimate£350 - £450Winning Bid£320StatusCLOSED Lot 45 A 19TH CENTURY INDIAN TULWAR OR KIRACH, 75cm double fullered straight European broadsword blade, characteristic hilt decorated with panels of flowers and foliage within geometric borders in silver koftgari, characteristic dished disc pommel decorated to match. View details Estimate£300 - £400Winning Bid£400StatusCLOSED Lot 46 A LARGE 19TH CENTURY OTTOMAN RIDING CROP, 72.5cm rhinoceros horn switch, the white metal mounted wooden grip chiselled with scrolling foliage, owner's initials and panels of calligraphy, the pommel decorated with a mosque. View details Estimate£800 - £1,000Winning Bid£780StatusCLOSED Lot 47 A LATE 18TH CENTURY INDIAN TULWAR, 72cm quadruple fullered etched damascus blade with Solingen maker's marks in the fullers, characteristic chiselled hilt decorated with scrolling foliage and flowerheads highlighted in gilt, inverted dished disc pommel decorated to match. View details Estimate£1,000 - £1,500Winning Bid£2,800StatusCLOSED Lot 48 A LATE 18TH OR EARLY 19TH CENTURY INDIAN TULWAR, 72cm pattern welded blade, serrated to the edge and scalloped on the back, characteristic steel hilt with incised scale decoration to simulate snake skin, traces of silvered decoration, dished disc pommel. View details Estimate£600 - £700Winning Bid£580StatusCLOSED Items per page 122448 Previous|12345678...12|Next123456789101112 Previous 123456789101112 Next Previous 123456789101112 Next