Fine Modern & Antique Guns - December 2014 : Sale A1214 Lot 324
A FINE SIGNED SILVER-MOUNTED JAPANESE DAGGER, 'TANTO'

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A FINE SIGNED SILVER-MOUNTED JAPANESE DAGGER, 'TANTO'
circa 1820 with an earlier 10in. hatchet-point blade, silver 'habaki', short radiused signed tang, visible hamon, rounded plain silver tsuba with reeded edge, rope-bound hilt with two 'menuki' and carved silver 'fuchi' and 'kashira', polished black laquered broad-ribbed saya, signed silver 'kogatana', finely carved silver 'kurigata', 'koiguchi' and 'kojiri', fine condition throughout

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Estimate £1,000-2,000