JAPAN, EDO PERIOD - Lot 313

JAPAN, EDO PERIOD YOKOHAGI OKEGAWA NIMAI-DÔ TYPE ARMOR Comprising : . the dô cuirass in two parts of riveted horizontal plates, the plates lacquered black, with undulating edge and rivets in high gold relief ; . kusazuri skirt with seven panels of kiritsuke-zane strips joined by midnight-blue kebiki-odoshi lacing ; . the haidate thigh guard in iyo-haidate style, with two panels and five rows of small black lacquered lamellas, topped with a light-blue fabric decorated with flowers, the reverse in midnight-blue linen ; . a pair of small kosode shoulder pads, with five rows of black kiritsuke-zane, laced with blue kebi-odoshi ; . a sujibachi-kabuto-type helmet with twenty-four louvers enhanced at the front by a shinodare, the hineno-type shikoro, with five black lacquered louvers joined by midnight-blue kebiki-odoshi ; . a black-lacquered iron hoate half-mask, red reverse, with three straight plates laced with midnight-blue sugake-odoshi. (Missing sleeves and leggings; accidents and wear; lacquer gaps, notably on the mask).