A JAPANESE KATANA WITH A WOODEN BLADE

A JAPANESE KATANA WITH A WOODEN BLADE
PROBABLY MEIJI, 19TH/20TH CENTURY

With a black lacquer scabbard and a white shagreen handle; the fuchi-kashira in copper decorated with a dragon and scrolling clouds; the kogai and kozuka decorated in gold and shakudo with pine trees; the copper tsuba with a stylised prunus tree; with a wooden blade, 84.5cm overall.

PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.