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Helmet (Kawari kabuto) with squash shaped bowl
Ca. 1800 (Edo)
Iron, gold, silver, cloth
Iron akodate hachi and mabisashi, the former of twelve plates with spiked rivets and a repousse chrysanthemum petal on each plate. Gold shikoro of five plates with upper one turning into fukigaeshi. Gold maedate incised with cloud scrolls. Gold and silver kikuza. Cloth lining
Inscription
Provenance
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Acquired at Bunkio Matsuki sale, 1906 ($37.50)
Geographies
Japan (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Overall: 10 1/4 in. (26 cm)
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
51.614