LOT 4025
23rd April 2026
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LOT 4025
An extremely rare Japanese nagasaki, early Edo period, with extremely long and impressive single-edged blade and kaiseki tip, blade length 111.5cm, plain oval steel tsuba and long tang with double hole piercings, tang length 54cm, the moulded spiral grip-form handle finished in black lacquer with scrolling gilt painted decoration and copper-finish collar mount and pommel cap, with similarly finished scabbard. Provenance: the collection of the late Roald Knutsen (1933-2025). Note: photographed with Patricia Knutsen in ‘Japanese Spears: Polearms and Their Uses in Old Japan’ by Roald & Patricia Knutsen, Global Oriental: 2004, plate 2.
Estimate: £3,000 – £4,000
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