13th Jun, 2025 10:00
Fine Japanese Art
110
AN IMPRESSIVE DO-MARU YOROI (ARMOR) WITH A KOBOSHI KABUTO AND RESSEI MENPO
Sold for €13,000
including Buyer's Premium
Japan, Edo period (1615-1868)
Of gold-lacquered hon-kozane predominantly laced in orange, the components mounted on a fine brocade, and fitted with gilt-metal kanamono with kiku (chrysanthemum) design, the imperial symbol of Japan.
The armor comprising:
An iron koboshi kabuto with twenty-plate hachi finished with standing rivets, decreasing in size towards the top, with shinodare to the front and back extending from the five-stage chrysanthemum-form tehen kanamono rising from a roundel worked with kiku blossoms borne on scrolling vines, to the rear an agemaki-no-kan, the mabisashi and fukigaeshi each with printed leather and kiku medallions, the wide mabisashi centered by the reticulated gilt-metal maedate in the form of a chrysanthemum bush flanked by kuwagata fitted on a reticulated kuwagata dai with kiku on scrolling foliage, the mabisashi applied with kiku mons and an additional lame, all above the two lame shikoro; the lacquered iron ressei menpo with a stiff mustache above the open mouth reveal gold teeth within red-lacquered lips, designed with deeply embossed wrinkles on the cheeks with bent anchoring posts, all fitted with a two-lame iron yodarekake; a two-lame nodowa; the yokohagi do-maru with eight five-lame kusazuri, the back with a large agemaki (decorative tassel) strung from an en-suite cord ring; a pair of six-lame sode fitted with kiku-appliqués adorned with a cord-ring to each side; a pair of haidate; a pair of kusari (chainmail) kote and tekko fitted with iron plaques lacquered in gilt, suaka, and roiro and applied with reticulated appliqués of butterflies fluttering amidst large chrysanthemum blooms; a pair of iron suneate with butterfly hinges; and a pair of kegutsu.
Condition: Very good condition with expected wear, soiling, and corrosion. The lacquer with age cracks, small losses, and flaking.
The black-lacquered wood storage box (yoroibako) with finely chased silver fittings and gold hiramaki-e kashiwa mon (daimyo oak crest), with associated armor stand.
Auction comparison:
Compare a closely related gold-lacquered and red-laced do-maru yoroi with a helmet signed Masanobu, the armor dated early to mid 19th century, at Christie’s, 13 November 2002, London, lot 154 (sold for GBP 23,900 or approx. EUR 62,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing).
Japan, Edo period (1615-1868)
Of gold-lacquered hon-kozane predominantly laced in orange, the components mounted on a fine brocade, and fitted with gilt-metal kanamono with kiku (chrysanthemum) design, the imperial symbol of Japan.
The armor comprising:
An iron koboshi kabuto with twenty-plate hachi finished with standing rivets, decreasing in size towards the top, with shinodare to the front and back extending from the five-stage chrysanthemum-form tehen kanamono rising from a roundel worked with kiku blossoms borne on scrolling vines, to the rear an agemaki-no-kan, the mabisashi and fukigaeshi each with printed leather and kiku medallions, the wide mabisashi centered by the reticulated gilt-metal maedate in the form of a chrysanthemum bush flanked by kuwagata fitted on a reticulated kuwagata dai with kiku on scrolling foliage, the mabisashi applied with kiku mons and an additional lame, all above the two lame shikoro; the lacquered iron ressei menpo with a stiff mustache above the open mouth reveal gold teeth within red-lacquered lips, designed with deeply embossed wrinkles on the cheeks with bent anchoring posts, all fitted with a two-lame iron yodarekake; a two-lame nodowa; the yokohagi do-maru with eight five-lame kusazuri, the back with a large agemaki (decorative tassel) strung from an en-suite cord ring; a pair of six-lame sode fitted with kiku-appliqués adorned with a cord-ring to each side; a pair of haidate; a pair of kusari (chainmail) kote and tekko fitted with iron plaques lacquered in gilt, suaka, and roiro and applied with reticulated appliqués of butterflies fluttering amidst large chrysanthemum blooms; a pair of iron suneate with butterfly hinges; and a pair of kegutsu.
Condition: Very good condition with expected wear, soiling, and corrosion. The lacquer with age cracks, small losses, and flaking.
The black-lacquered wood storage box (yoroibako) with finely chased silver fittings and gold hiramaki-e kashiwa mon (daimyo oak crest), with associated armor stand.
Auction comparison:
Compare a closely related gold-lacquered and red-laced do-maru yoroi with a helmet signed Masanobu, the armor dated early to mid 19th century, at Christie’s, 13 November 2002, London, lot 154 (sold for GBP 23,900 or approx. EUR 62,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing).
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