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The Charlier and Cortina Collection ofꦕ Exotic Samurai Helmets and Armour
A rare and impressive awabi-nari uchidashi kabuto [a shell-shaped helmet with repoussé] and associated mempo [face mask] | The helmet Momoyama – Edo period, late 16th – early 17th century , the associated mempo later
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September 28, 01:04 PM GMT
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35,000 - 40,000 GBP
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The C♌harlier and Cortina Collection of Exotic Samurai Helmets and Arm𝕴our
A rare and impressive awabi-nari uchidashi kabuto [a shell-shaped helmet with repoussé] and associated mempo [face mask]
The helmet Momoyama – Edo period, late 16th – early 17th century, the associated mempo later
the two-plate iron bowl joined with a central raised ridge and hammered in the form of a shell, the slightly raised peak with red lacquer underside and traces of gold pigment, the red lacquer turnbacks in tataki-nuri, the four-tiered simulated russet iron (sabiji-nuri) lacquered neck guard, the bottom tier in red tataki-nuri with spaced leather lacing, the forecrest (maedate) decorated in gold, red and black lacquer and applied with horse hair in the form of a shikami, red lacquered iron face mask with fierce expression (ressei mempo), deep wrinkles and open mouth, broad horsehair moustache and chin tuft, silver lacquer teeth, red lacquer interior, three-tiered throat protector with close-spaced lacing (kebiki odoshi) in blue braid, accompanied wi🌠th a plain wood stand as illustrate🌜d
The helmet 𝔉when mounted on a stand: 54.5 cm.ꦫ, 21½ in. high (including fittings)
Koelliker Collection
Guiseppe Piva, Samurai: Opere della Collezione Koelliker e delle Raccolte Extraeuropee del Castello Sforzesco, (Milan, 2009), no. 50, p. 102.
Palazo Reale, Milan, Samurai: Opere della Collezione Koelliker e delle Raccolte Extraeuropee del Castello Sforzesco, 2009.
For a different example of an awabi uchidashi kabuto, see L. John Anderson et al., Art of Armor: Samurai Armor From The Ann and Gabriel Barbier-Mueller Collection, (Connecticut, 2011), no. 39, pg. 192.