Shinto tanto EDO period (1603 - 1868), 19th... Lot 27

Shinto tanto EDO period (1603 - 1868), 19th century Signed (mei): Bunsei ninnen hachigatsu hi [eighth month of the second year of Bunsei (1819)] Masahide Blade (sugata): hira zukuri, iori mune Forging pattern (hada): masame Temper (hamon): suguha Point (boshi): eboshi Spindle (nakago): ubu keitai, haagari nakagojiri, un mekugi ana, sujikai yasurime Length (nagasa): 21.3 cm Mount (koshira-e) in aikuchi: Fuchi kashira kojiri tsuka: in iron suite with dragons among clouds Kogai: in shibuichi inlaid with gilded copper of chopsticks and fabrics on nanako background Scabbard (saya): in black lacquered whalebone. Provenance : sale Bakhmeteff Collection, Mes Lair-Dubreuil et Bellier, Drouot, 16-18 January 1929 58