A fine Japanese su-yari spearhead with triangular-section point, head length 21.5cm, one face with fine narrow fuller picked out with red lacquer, the tang with single hole piercing and faint remains of a signature to one face, overall length 47cm, the blade with red lacquer and gilt-decorated saya, detailed with the mon of the Hojo family, together with another saya with similar decoration. Provenance: the collection of the late Roald Knutsen (1933-2025). Note: Roald Knutsen noted the spearhead was probably 16th century.