A GOLD LACQUERED KAWARI KABUTO (ECCENTRICALLY-SHAPED HELMET)
Edo Period (1615-1868), 17th/18th centuryAn impressive naga eboshi nari kabuto (helmet in the form of an elongated eboshi), constructed in the form of an exaggerated eboshi (formal court cap), the mabisashi (peak) and fukigaeshi (turnbacks) covered with stencilled-leather floral designs and gilt mon (crest), trimmed in gilt iron fukurin (rim) with engraved foliate scrolls, the elongated ei wakidate (side decorations in the form of an official's hat) of gold leaf over lacquer, the three-lame ita-mono komanju jikoro (slightly-curved plated neck guard) black-lacquered and laced in kon ito kebiki odoshi (dark blue lacing in kebiki style), the maedate (forecrest) a simple gold-lacquered sun disc; with a wood stand. 68cm (26 3/4in) high. (2).
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日本江戶時代,十七/十八世紀 金漆頭盔Provenance: an important European private collection來源:歐洲重要私人收藏Though a rare and unusual helmet shape, a somewhat similar naga eboshi nari kabuto was sold with a set of armour at Bonhams New York, 8 October 2013, lot 1029. The helmet from this armour, also exhibited at The Frazier History Museum, Louisville, KY, is an early copy of a naga eboshi previously owned by Kato Kiyomasa (1562-1611) which is currently in the collection of the Tokugawa Museum, Nagoya.Daimyo of Kumamato in Higo Province, who served warlords Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543-1616), Kato Kiyomasa was renowned for his prowess in battle. In art, he is often depicted wearing the easily-identifiable naga eboshi. An Edo Period portrait of Kato Kiyomasa wearing a similar helmet was illustrated by Galerie Jean-Christophe Charbonnier, Armures Japonaises à la XXVe Biennale des Antiquaires (Japanese Armour at the XXVth Biennale des Antiquaires), Paris, 2010, pp.94-95.For a gold-lacquered naga eboshi worn by Mizuno Katsunari (1564-1651), daimyo of Fukuyama in Bingo Province, see Sengoku busho no yoroi kabuto (Armour and Helmets of Sengoku Period Warlords), Tokyo, Takarajimasha, 26 February 2016, p.73. Another similar gold-lacquered example worn by Maeda Toshiie (1538-1599), general to warlord Oda Nobunaga (1534-1582) and later daimyo of Kaga, is also illustrated in ibid, p.67. This present lot appears to be a unique example of a naga eboshi fitted with ei wakidate.
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