AUCTION 37 ANTIQUE ARMS AND ARMOR

A JAPANESE WAKIZASHI SWORD WITH A SIGNED BLADE

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Start price: $500

Estimated price: $1,000 - $1,200

Buyer's premium: 28%

Sales Tax: On buyer's premium only

Late 19th -early 20th-century Japanese samurai wakizashi sword. The handle is wooden, covered with white eel leather and features a metal menuki under the fabric cord bounding. Complete with a beautiful openwork metal tsuba. The steel blade has a visible hamon sharpening line. 19 1/2 in., (49.5 cm.) nagasa. The scabbard is wooden and covered in brown leather.

Dimensions: L: 31 1/2 in., (80 cm.)

Condition: Very good.