25 octobre 2009
Fifteen japanese armors from The Samurai Sale @ Bonhams, New York
An o-yoroi armor, Late Edo period (19th century) © 2002-2009 Bonhams 1793 Ltd
The armor of honkozane lacquered black and laced in green kebiki odoshi and mounted with gilt-copper hardware and comprising a forty-six plate suji bachi lacquered black with a large four-lame omanju jikoro, fukigaeshi and mabisashi, all applied with stenciled doe skin, the front of the bowl fitted with a gilt-copper kuwagata dai holding kuwagata and a large gold-lacquered wood dragon maedate; the black-lacquered iron yoshi ryubumen fitted with a... [Lire la suite]