ANTIQUE ARMS & ARMOUR Including items from the Dr. T.J. Mortimer Collection Wednesday 30 November 2016 Knightsbridge, London ANTIQUE ARMS & ARMOUR | Knightsbridge, London | Wednesday 30 November 2016 | Knightsbridge, London Wednesday 23565 ANTIQUE ARMS & ARMOUR Including items from the Dr. T.J. Mortimer Collection Wednesday 30 November 2016 at 11am Knightsbridge, London BONHAMS ENQUIRIES Consultant Montpelier Street Antique Arms & Armour Christopher Allen IMPORTANT INFORMATION Knightsbridge, Director +44 (0) 20 7393 3877 Please note that lots of Iranian London SW7 1HH David Williams [email protected] and Persian origin are subject www.bonhams.com +44 (0) 20 7393 3807 to US trade restrictions which +44 (0) 776 882 3711 mobile Adviser currently prohibit their import VIEWING [email protected] Peter Hawkins into the United States, with no Sunday 27 November exemptions. 11am – 3pm Administrator Please see page 2 for bidder Monday 28 November Harriet Munckton information including after-sale Similar restrictions may apply 9am – 5pm +44 (0) 20 7393 3947 collection and shipment to other lots. 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Sold lots not collected by For information and estimates this time will be subject to storage on domestic and international charges shipping as well as export licenses please contact Bonhams Shipping Department on: +44 (0) 20 8963 2849 +44 (0) 20 8963 2850 +44 (0) 20 7629 9673 fax [email protected] JAPANESE ARMS & ARMOUR VARIOUS PROPERTIES 1 A SUJI-BACHI KABUTO UNSIGNED, EDO PERIOD The twenty-six plate iron bowl lacquered black, six-stage tehan- kanemono, black lacquered mabisashi, the five lame kebiki laced kozane shikoro with small fukigayeshi £800 - 1,000 €900 - 1,100 US$980 - 1,200 2 A HARI-BACHI KABUTO UNSIGNED, EDO PERIOD The twenty-six plate lacquered iron bowl with four-stage tehan- kanemono, the koshimaki with standing rivets, the mabisashi applied with a mon in iron, and the six lame lacquered iron shikoro with small fukigayeshi pierced with mon £800 - 1,200 €900 - 1,300 US$980 - 1,500 ANTIQUE ARMS & ARMOUR | 3 3 A RARE KAWARI KABUTO UNSIGNED, EDO PERIOD The iron bowl overlaid in black textured lacquer in the form of a conch shell, the mabisashi edged with a roped brass fukurin, and five lame textured lacquered iron shikoro with plain fukigayeshi, the lower lame trimmed with bear fur £1,500 - 2,000 €1,700 - 2,200 US$1,800 - 2,500 4 | BONHAMS THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN 4 A HEAVY 10-BORE MATCHLOCK MUSKET THE BARREL SIGNED ...SETTSU NO KAMI SUYEYUKI..., DATED 1575, THE STOCK DATED 1875 With octagonal barrel with tulip-shaped muzzle and inlaid overall with silver dragons amidst clouds, the signature and date and a Yahaza mon, block-shaped back-sight, brass back-action lock with brass serpentine, cherrywood full stock decorated with Tokugawa and Minamoto mon and repeating the barrel signature in gold lacquer, and shaped brass trigger pierced with a hole (ramrod missing) 66.2 cm. barrel £2,000 - 3,000 €2,200 - 3,400 US$2,500 - 3,700 ANTIQUE ARMS & ARMOUR | 5 VARIOUS PROPERTIES 5 FOUR IRON TSUBA THE FIRST SIGNED MITSUNAGA SAKU, EDO PERIOD The first decorated with a samurai on horseback in a landscape; the second decorated with cranes and crabs in brass; the third decorated with a cockerel and foliage, soft metal details; and the last with a silver heron on a branch, each in a wooden box (4) 6.5 cm., 7.5 cm., 6.3 cm. and 6 cm. £250 - 300 €280 - 340 US$310 - 370 6 A WAKIZASHI UNSIGNED, SHINTO The blade with one mekugi-ana, midare hamon, iron tsuka pierced with Kiri-mon, and oval iron tsuba chiselled and pierced with a fence in a landscape, in its polished samé saya with shirimono kodzuka decorated with a dragon and ken 37.8 cm. blade £300 - 400 €340 - 450 US$370 - 490 7 A YOROIDOSHI SIGNED ...FUJIWARA HIDEKUNI? AND DATED 1866 The heavy blade with one mekugi-ana, midare hamon, samé wrapped tsuka with shakudo-nanako fuchi-kashira decorated with a crane and a turtle by a waterfall, soft metal details, menuki in the form of shakudo caparisoned horses with gold details, and iron sukashi tsuba pierced and chiselled with hollyhock leaves, gold details, in its black lacquered saya 26.7 cm. blade £900 - 1,200 €1,000 - 1,300 US$1,100 - 1,500 8 A TANTO SIGNED KANEMITSU, SHINTO The hira-zukuri blade cut with a single hi on each side, three mekugi- ana, notare-midare hamon, nashiji hada, fully bound tsuka with shakudo-nanako fuchi-kashira decorated with prunus blossoms in silver and gold, and shakudo and gilt floral menuki, and shakudo- nanako tsuba decorated with kiri mon in gold, in its black lacquered saya with iron kurikata decorated with flowers and a butterfly in soft metals, iron kojiri decorated with soft metal flower-heads, the shakudo- nanako kodzuka decorated in gold with a crayfish 28.8 cm. blade 7 - 9 £800 - 1,200 €900 - 1,300 US$980 - 1,500 6 | BONHAMS 9 AN AIKUCHI DETAILS OF NAKAGO UNAVAILABLE The hira-zukuri blade cut with bonji on each side, suguha hamon, natural wood tsuka with the yamagane kashira in the form of a lotus leaf, the menuki in the form of a frog and a lotus seed pod, and the koiguchi decorated with a frog and lotus leaves, in its black lacquered saya decorated for almost its entire length with a lotus plant in copper, shibuichi, gold and yamagane, the seed pod head forming the kurikata, a silver stork at the base, the yamagane kodzuka decorated with a water boatman in gold 20.4 cm.