AUCTION 39: ANTIQUE ARMS & ARMOR

A 17TH CENTURY JAPANESE SAMURAI SWORD WITH 3 HOLES IN THE NAKAGO

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Start price: $1,800

Estimated price: $2,200 - $2,600

Buyer's premium:

A Japanese samurai katana with fine matchingmotif fuchi-kashira, and dragon Nanban tsuba. Nakago with 3 mekugi-ana (this sword was remounted several times over the centuries). 27 1/16 in., (68.8 cm.) nagasa.Circa 1600.

Dimensions: L:37 1/2in., (95 cm.)

Condition: Very good.