Samurai helmet "eboshi kabuto", Edo period (1603-1868) ·  Japan · ID: 3048786

Description

iron, lacquer, wood, gold, lacing, horsehair, rest.

This gold lacquered iron helmet is an imitation of the courtly headgear “eboshi” from the Heian period (794-1185/1192). The front helmet decoration (“maedate”) is made of gold lacquered wood and shows four diamonds on octagonal ground with radiating wreath. Neck guard (“shikoro”) of three gold lacquered metal plates (“itamono”) with horsehair trim.

The object Samurai helmet “eboshi kabuto”, Edo period (1603-1868) with the object ID 3048786 was last part of the auction 98th Auction at March 26, 2022 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 5 achieved a sales price of EUR 3,500.

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