31st Aug, 2023 13:00
Asian Art
JAPANESE CHISA KATANA
THE BLADE MUROMACHI PERIOD, CIRCA 1440-1500
the tang with two character signature reading 'Kiyo Mitsu', the cloth wrapped same grip with minuki fittings, with pierced iron tsuba and housed in lacquered scabbard
the blade 22"
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Sold for £1,000
Estimated at £400 - £600
Condition Report
Some small nibbles and flea bites as well as scratches and pitting to blade; rubbing and wear to metalware, horizontal split to shagreen at peg one side and vertically down the grip to the other, pommel with some slight denting, stubs slightly compressed to one side, general surface wear to scabbard, images available
hamon quite faint, certainly not a pronounced feature, additional images relating to this available
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