Chait Gallery Auction April 29th

[bdgrange]

Hello all.

 

I have 4 nihonto and one priests kesa for sale in the 4/29/07

auction at Chait Gallery in Bev. Hills Calif.

Please take a look if you have the time. Items 220 thru 224a.

http://www.chait.com/cgi-bin/main.pl

regards

Bill Delagrange

[Stephen]

Bill do you have any pix of the horimono on the bungo?

[bdgrange]

Stephen

I do but not in a format for this. They are pictures on paper and I

could shoot them and send as an attachment to you. The workmanship is typical shinto era horimono work carved deeply.

It is quite good and done when the blade was made.

The dragon is turning back over its shoulder. The tail is obscured by the

habaki left from when it was shortened. There is the end of a ken at the end of the tail. The nagasa is still 26.1in., must have been quite long at one time. In other words it was not added later. It is as nice a carving as I have seen. The reverse is a double, bo hi that also is ends under the habaki about 1 1/4 in. same length as the tail does.

The blade is faultless, papered and in good polish as well

For someone wanting a dragon horimono it is as nice as it gets.

This is a Yamato Daijo Fujiwara Sadayuki (Bungo provence) from around

1660.

Hope this helps.

 

thanks very much for looking

Bill Delagrange

[Stever]

Hi Bill,

 

Do you have any pics of the nakago of the katakiri zukuri tanto? I assume it's unsigned (no mention of signature in description)?

 

Thanks

[bdgrange]

Hello Steve

 

Sorry none to post.

It is the shape of typical soshu nakago. It is mumei and the rust is black.

The mekugiana is punched and old.

I sell thru this company because among other things, I am not good

at photographing blades.

 

thank you

Bill Delagrange