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Sword for court audiences

Kugetachi
Lost Art-ID
620134
Artist / Creator
Unknown (Japanese)
Title
Sword for court audiences
Additional title
Kugetachi
Dating
1600/1700
Object type
Weapon
Group of reported objects
Militaria
Material / Technique
Wood ; Lacquer ; Metal (Copper) ; Leather (Deer) / chased ; painted (Hiramaki-e)
Length
92.00 cm
Description
The blade is slightly curved and undecorated by Saki-Kane Mitsu (early 15th century). ); handle (tsuka) covered with coarse-grained ray skin, with round knobs as menuki with applied coat of arms and five knobs each in the shape of rice bales; three-part thrusting blade (tsuba) in aoi form; Headpiece (kashira) with fittings and fist strap made of soft dark purple deerskin; the scabbard made of lacquered wood in golden nashiji lacquer with five coats of arms each in hiramakiye; carrying strap made of purple deerskin; all fittings made of gold-plated copper.
Provenance
[...] in Besitz des Samurai Tshinagawa-Tshibu; 1908 erworben durch Herbert Ginsberg bei Amiya mit Vautier, Tokio, Japan; 1908 -mindestens Ende 1929 Ostasiatica-Sammlung Herbert Ginsberg, Berlin; Nach 1945 nicht mehr in Besitz von Herbert Ginsberg; Verlustumstand unbekannt - ein NS-verfolgungsbedingter Entzug kann nicht ausgeschlossen werden. Verbleib unbekannt
Literature / Source
Undatierter Katalog (um Nov. 1929), in: DigiBaeck, Leo Baeck Institute New York (LBI NY), Gilbert Family Collection, AR 1028/MF 818, Box 7, folder 4, S. 690-921, Abschnitt Waffen - Schwertzieraten, Nr. 1.
Published since
21.03.2024
Contact
Olaf S. Ossmann
Position
Rechtsanwalt
E-Mail
office@ossmann.ch
Circumstances of loss reported as
Nazi-confiscated property
Search Request, Person

Ginsberg, Herbert

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