Red Lacquered Kawari Kabuto (Eccentric Helmet)

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Constructed of six plates of elongated iron gently curving towards the rear, the mabisashi (peak) lacquered black, the shikoro (neck guard) of an unusual construction of four lames of red lacquered iron split into three divisions.

Unsigned

Late 16th - Early 17th Century

£18,000