A suji kabuto
dating: Period (1603-1867) provenance: Japan, Fine, iron hachi with twenty-eight plates, lacquered in brown. Tehen kanamono of four elements, partially pierced. Small fukigaeshi with gilded yatsu suisha mon (also: yatsu tsuchiguruma mon). Big, wooden, gilded maedate depicting the magic mallet Uchide no kozuchi, able to fulfill any wish. Four-plated shikoro with lacing in orange silk, gilded inside. Lining and laces inside the skull. height circa 28 cm.
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dating: Period (1603-1867) provenance: Japan, Fine, iron hachi with twenty-eight plates, lacquered in brown. Tehen kanamono of four elements, partially pierced. Small fukigaeshi with gilded yatsu suisha mon (also: yatsu tsuchiguruma mon). Big, wooden, gilded maedate depicting the magic mallet Uchide no kozuchi, able to fulfill any wish. Four-plated shikoro with lacing in orange silk, gilded inside. Lining and laces inside the skull. height circa 28 cm.