Sale 31 Lot 532  

JAPANESE SAMURAI HELMET , Edo period (18th - 19th century). The leather bowl is made up as a decorative head cover, probably for court dress wear, or Kobuki plays. Trimmed with iron or tin spikes over gold lacquered tin. The fukikaeshi (turnbacks) are copper and trim with family crests missing. - 13 in. long front to back.
Estimate $400-500

Sold for $450

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