Koto tanto MUROMACHI period (1333 - 1573) Signed... Lot 11

Koto tanto MUROMACHI period (1333 - 1573) Signed (mei) : Kanekishi Blade (sugata) : hira zukuri, iori mune Forging pattern (hada) : masame Temper (hamon): choji gonome Point (boshi) : midare komi Rocket (nakago): ubu keitai, haagari nakagojiri, two mekugi ana, higaki yasurime Length (nagasa): 24 cm Mount (koshira-e): Tsuba fuchi kashira kojiri kurikata: iron with gilt copper decoration and shibuichi inlay of dragonflies in flight Kogatana : kozuka en suite, blade signed Echizen Yasutsugu and môn with aoi leaf Menuki : in shibuichi with dragonflies in flight Habaki : in 18k gold Scabbard (saya): in hirame lacquer with hiramaki-e and takamaki-e decoration of gold, silver, kirigane lacquer and mother-of-pearl inlay of a large dragonfly in flight Provenance: J. Jacques Reubell collection, fourth sale, Mes Baudoin et Ader, Drouot, 21-24 February 1934, n°676, reproduced plate III