JAPANESE SWORD (KATANA) IN SHIRA SAYA,16th century. Blade is in full polish, mokume grain with temper mix of narrow suguha//hotsure/komidare and midare, touching the cutting edge in some places; nakago is ubu (uncut), bizen-style and signes suke-sada saku-saya-gaki (scabbard attribution) attributes blade to suke-sada, dated eisho (1504); with signature of appraiser.
Provenance: The Peterson collection. - 27 in. Estimate $2,000-3,000
