Bonhams Montpelier Street Knightsbridge London SW7 1HH +44 (0) 20 7393 3900 +44 (0) 20 7393 3905 fax 20801 Antique Arms & Armour, Arms & Antique 24 April 2013, Knightsbridge 2013, April 24 Antique Arms & Armour Including the Collections of Dr. T . Shaun Brown, Carsten FrÖlich and Dr. Ernst-Joachim Rogahn Wednesday 24 April 2013 at 11am & 2pm Knightsbridge, London Antique Arms & Armour Including the Collections of Dr. T. Shaun Brown, Carsten FrÖlich and Dr. Ernst-Joachim Rogahn Wednesday 24 April 2013 Knightsbridge, London Morning Session at 11am Lots 1 - 221 Afternoon Session at 2pm Lots 222 - 463 Bonhams Enquiries Important Information Montpelier Street Director Consultant Knightsbridge, David Williams Christopher Allen Please note that lots of Iranian London SW7 1HH +44 (0) 20 7393 3807 +44 (0) 20 7393 3877 and Persian origin are subject www.bonhams.com +44 (0) 776 882 3711 mobile [email protected] to US trade restrictions which [email protected] currently prohibit their import Viewing Adviser into the United States, with no Sunday 21 April Junior Cataloguer Peter Hawkins exemptions. 11am to 3pm Frank Evans Monday 22 April +44 (0) 20 7393 3877 Please see page 2 for bidder Similar restrictions may apply 9am to 7pm [email protected] information including after-sale to other lots. Tuesday 23 April collection and shipment 9am to 4.30pm Administrator Please contact the Arms & Amina Ali-Shah Please see back of catalogue Armour Department for No viewing on morning of sale +44 (0) 20 7393 3947 for important notice to bidders further information. [email protected] Bids Illustrations It is the buyers responsibility +44 (0) 20 7447 7448 Departmental fax Front cover: Lot 462 to satisfy themselves that the +44 (0) 20 7447 7401 fax (not for faxed bids) Back cover: Lot 189 lot being purchased may be To bid via the internet +44 (0) 20 7393 3932 Inside front cover: Lot 289 imported into the country of please visit www.bonhams.com Inside back cover: Lot 278 destination. Customer Services Please note that bids should be Monday to Friday 8.30am to 6pm submitted no later than 24 hours +44 (0) 20 7447 7447 before the sale. New bidders must also provide proof of identity Sale Number when submitting bids. Failure to 20801 do this may result in your bids not being processed. 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Tel: +44 (0) 87 0811 3867 Department on: Please read the sale information Hours of opening 9.30am to +44 (0) 20 8963 2849 page for more details. 4.30pm Monday to Friday +44 (0) 20 8963 2850 Y +44 (0) 20 7629 9673 fax These lots are subject to CITES [email protected] regulations, please read the information in the back of the catalogue. Japanese Arms & Armour Various Properties 1 • CHO (SHITEI) AND SHIMIZU (SEKIJO) ED. Shinki fu (Book of God’s Tools), 5 vols. wood block printed on rice paper in characters detailing the construction and use of various types of cannon, matchlock firearms including multi-barrelled examples, defensive positions, and warfare on horseback, 2 vols. profusely illustrated, contemporary paper wrappers (some insect damage), in later cloth-covered case with bone fasteners, Kyoto, 1808 £100 - 150 €120 - 180 US$150 - 230 A copy of an original manuscript of circa 1370-1650 2 A 120-Bore Matchlock Musket Unsigned, Edo Period With rounded barrel with brass sights, slightly flared muzzle and decorated over its entire length in silver nunome with butterflies, flowering branches and a drum, brass back-action lock with brass serpentine and pan-cover, cherrywood full stock (repaired) with brass mounts (some missing), and brass button trigger (ramrod missing) 68 cm. barrel £200 - 300 €230 - 350 US$300 - 450 3 A Katana Signed ... ... Tan... ..., Shinto The blade with two mekugi-ana, suguha hamon, in full military pattern mounts with unusual catch securing the sword in the saya 72 cm. blade £300 - 500 €350 - 580 US$450 - 760 The saya with plaque engraved ‘Presented To Major General H.R. Home By H.Q.B.M.A., Malaya, 1945’ 4 Y A Kyu-Gunto Meiji Period The blade of kogarasu-maru form, the brass-mounted hilt with side- guard cast, pierced and chased with foliage, pommel and back-piece formed as a dragon, and with ribbed tortoisehell-covered grip, in its steel scabbard (surface rust) with two rings for suspension 70 cm. blade £350 - 500 €410 - 580 US$530 - 760 4 - 5 Antique Arms & Armour | 3 5 A Suzuribako In The Form Of A Tanto Unsigned, Edo Period The ‘blade’ of black lacquered wood with various compartments, the tsuka of natural wood with shakudo fuchi-kashira engraved with Shi- shi, gold chrysanthemum menuki, and small shakudo tsuba, in its black striped lacquer saya complete with shakudo-nanako decorated with a parasol and figure in soft-metals 45.1 cm. blade £400 - 600 €470 - 700 US$610 - 910 6 A Pruning Knife Signed, Meiji Period The flat section blade with one mekugi-ana, one side roughened, and natural wood tsuka with soft-metal menuki in the form of figures, in its natural wood saya decorated with figures and origame birds in coloured lacquer, and complete with copper kodzuka decorated with flowers in shakudo and gilt 24.1 cm.