JAPANESE SWORD (TACHI) IN SHIRA-SAYA.Koto period. Blade in full polish, temper of narrow suguha but indistinct in boshi, length is 28 9/16 in. and narago (tang) was shortened 5 1/2 in.; indistinct signature (two character) tachi-mei (ura side); bo-hi half way down ura side, partially polished out bonji horimono on omote side. Blade appears to be fourteenth century or earlier and boshi may have been reshaped. Estimate $1,250-1,750
