Medals & Coins, Arms & Armour - 20 Nov 2019
A part Japanese armour
A part Japanese armour, Edo period, iron, lacquer and silk lacing, comprising: kabuto (helmet), the hashi (bowl) formed of 62 plates with raised edges, tehen (central perforation) with gold painted kikuza (annular finial), the shikoro (neck guard) formed of four tiers of solid horizontal plates, leather covered fukigaeshi (turn backs) set with the mon (emblem) of the Mogami clan, maidate (frontal ornament) in the form of a horned beast, menpo (face guard) with removable nose and suspending a four-tier nodawa or manjiuwa (throat protector); do-maru (torso armour) formed of solid horizontal plates joining at the sides, partial sashimono-gane (flag pole holder), with similarly constructed sode (shoulder guards) and kusazuri (tasses).