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Japanese Katana sword. Mounted Koshiare. Blade:...

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Japanese Katana sword. Mounted Koshiare. Blade: imori mune, nagako kiri, good remnants of hamon gunome, o kissaki. Habaki plated with silver leaf with radiating pattern. Nagasa: 70 cm. Mounting: tsuka incomplete. Tsuba Shin no maru gata in blackened iron, fuchi in blackened iron. Wooden saya inlaid with what appears to be a finely chased metal Mount Hijiri. Accommodation for the absent kozuka. Japan, Edo period. Expert : Mr Alban Degrave