11th Jun, 2026 12:00

Millefleurs, Thousand Blossoms: Arts of Asia

 
Lot 171
 

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A JAPANESE TAKEDA CLAN ARMOUR HELMET, KABUTO, FACE MASK, MENPO AND PARTS OF ARMOUR
20th century

A JAPANESE TAKEDA CLAN ARMOUR HELMET, KABUTO, FACE MASK, MENPO AND PARTS OF ARMOUR

20th century

A modern kabuto based on Takeda Shingen's Suwahossho Kabuto, topped with a grey mane flowing over a gilt-decorated shikoro, with a horned demon datemono above a pointed mabizashi, a Takeda mon adorning the fukigaeshi, the black-painted iron menpo mask with a detachable nose plate and a pair of L-shaped odayori no kugi cord hooks by the ears, the open mouth lined with gilt teeth beneath a red-lacquered upper lip with white hair moustache, an aperture beneath the chin, the reverse paitned with red lacquer, the throat guard yodarekake with four rows of kiritsuke kozane plates decorated with gilt lacquer, both items with kebiki odoshi lacing in orange silk cord, unsigned, together with black fur shoes, kegutsu with a brocade rim, an orange cord laces and gilt-leather soles and a pair of shin guards, suneate, with gilt lacquer metal plates and blue lacing

kabuto 40cm across, menpo 26cm long, kegutsu 29cm, suneate 35cm (7)

Sold for £676


 

A JAPANESE TAKEDA CLAN ARMOUR HELMET, KABUTO, FACE MASK, MENPO AND PARTS OF ARMOUR

20th century

A modern kabuto based on Takeda Shingen's Suwahossho Kabuto, topped with a grey mane flowing over a gilt-decorated shikoro, with a horned demon datemono above a pointed mabizashi, a Takeda mon adorning the fukigaeshi, the black-painted iron menpo mask with a detachable nose plate and a pair of L-shaped odayori no kugi cord hooks by the ears, the open mouth lined with gilt teeth beneath a red-lacquered upper lip with white hair moustache, an aperture beneath the chin, the reverse paitned with red lacquer, the throat guard yodarekake with four rows of kiritsuke kozane plates decorated with gilt lacquer, both items with kebiki odoshi lacing in orange silk cord, unsigned, together with black fur shoes, kegutsu with a brocade rim, an orange cord laces and gilt-leather soles and a pair of shin guards, suneate, with gilt lacquer metal plates and blue lacing

kabuto 40cm across, menpo 26cm long, kegutsu 29cm, suneate 35cm (7)

Auction: Millefleurs, Thousand Blossoms: Arts of Asia, 11th Jun, 2026

A wide selection of Asian art and design ranging from ancient Chinese wood carvings to contemporary Japanese prints, and a very large collection of auction and dealers' catalogues.
 
To include a selection of Chinese ceramics from the estate of Suleyman Alamuddin CBE (1920 - 2002) dating from 17th - 20th century, not seen on the market for over 25 years alongside other private collections.
 
The star lot, a famille rose cup with a Jiaqing mark and a design of blossoms comes frm a private London collection.

 

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