JAPAN, 20th century - Lot 98

JAPAN, 20th century Composite armor: Helmet (kabuto): eight-slat iron sujibachi, kiku-shaped tehen kanemono, apocryphal date 5th day of the 5th month of the 6th year of the Shohei era (1351) - Neck guard (shikoro): with four strips of iron laced in blue, beige and red. - Fins (fukigaeshi): decorated with a paulownia môn in shibuichi - Central ornament (maedate): gilded iron and brass, kuwagata and kiku - Mask (menpo): iron ressei, horsehair moustache, red-lacquered interior - Throat guard (yodarekake): iron with four laced strips in blue, beige and red - Cuirass (dô): iron yokohagi nimai-dô decorated with kiri môn - Skirt (kusazuri): iron with five blue, beige and red laced strips - Shoulders (sode): iron with eight strips laced blue, beige and red - Armbands (kote): iron shino on brown fabric decorated with scrolls - Underskirt (haidate): kawara in iron and brown gold brocade with orange kiku scrolls. - Leggings (suneate): iron shino on brown fabric decorated with scrolls Expert : Cabinet PORTIER Asie