Fine Interiors including The Patrick Donald Collection

A composite green laced armourComprising eight plate suji-bachi kabuto applied with trailing foliage in iron, red lacquered igaki, five lame kebik...

A composite armourComprising a sixteen plate black lacquered suji-bachi kabuto with three lame shikiro with large fukigayeshi, lacquered iron memp...

A green laced armourComprising a hineno kabuto with standing rivets, five lame shikiro with small fukigayeshi applied with gilded brass mon, brass...

A blue laced armourComprising lacquered iron hinano kabuto with four lame shikiro, lacquered leather mempo with four lame yodare-kake, lacquered i...

An armour with multi-coloured lacingComprising a sixty-two plate black lacquered iron suji-bachi kabuto with six lame kebiki laced kozane shikiro ...

A composite armourComprising sixty four plate hoshi-bachi kabuto, five lame kebiki laced kozane shikiro, wood crest carved as a Dog of Fo, black l...

A red lacquered armourComprising an eighteen plate suji-bachi kabuto with four lame shikiro, carved wood crest in the form of a horned bat head, l...

A red lacquered kura/saddleConstructed in four pieces, the front and rear plates each carved with a panel depicting a Dog of Fo in a rocky landsca...

A pair of kote and a pair of sunate Both with red lacquered plates. (4)

Two iron mempoThe first black lacquered with badger hair moustache and detachable nose, four lame yodare-kake, the second black lacquered, lacking...

Two iron hamboBoth red lacquered, the first with rounded chin and four lame yodare-kake, the second with three lame kebiki laced yodare-kake. (2)

Two iron hamboThe first black ishime lacquered with rounded chin and three lame kebiki laced yodare-kake, the second with painted chin and four la...

Three iron hamboTwo red lacquered, each with three lame yodare-kake and the third black lacquered with four lame yodare-kake. (3)

Two iron mempoThe first ishime lacquered with badger hair moustache and detachable nose, three lame yodare-kake, the second of russet iron with ku...

An iron mempoRed lacquered mask with wrinkled face, badger hair moustache and beard tuft, detachable nose, copper teeth, red kebiki laced four lam...

An iron mempoBrown ishime lacquered mask with wrinkled face, badger hair moustache, detachable nose, copper teeth and three lame yodare-kake.

A russet iron mempoWith wrinkled face, hair moustache, detachable nose, naturalistic ears and red lacquered four lame yodare-kake.

An iron mempoBrown ishime lacquered with wrinkled face, badger hair moustache and beard tuft, detachable nose, gilt teeth and four lame black lacq...

A sixteen plate fuji-bachi kabutoThe russet iron bowl with three stage tehan-kanemono, downturned leather covered mabisashi, three lame shikiro wi...

A suji-bachi kabutoThe thirty six plate lacquered iron bowl with four stage tehan karemono, black lacquered down-turned mabisashi, five lame shiki...

A ten plate suju-bachi kabutoThe iron bowl lacquered black and rising to a point without tehan, down turned mabisashi, four lame kabiki lace shiki...

A momo-nari kabutoThe black lacquered iron bowl decorated with mon in gold lacquer, five lame shikoro with small fukigayeshi covered with leather,...

A momonari kabutoThe lacquered iron bowl of four plates, the ridge with copper fukurin, downturned mabisashi, five lame shikiro with small fukigay...

A kawari kabutoThe tall black lacquered iron bowl swept forward in the form of a stylised fist grasping a vajra lacquered gold, down-turned mabish...

A folding happuriComprising six folding plates, the front one with mabisashi and hinged ear pieces.

***WITHDRAWN***A fire-fighter’s kabuto and a tobiguchi The first with lacquered skull imitating a suji-bachi with engraved shakudo shinodare, the ...

A sixty-two plate suji-bachi hachiThe iron bowl lacquered black, four stage tehan kanemono, down turned mabesashi. Inscribed inside with three inv...

A kabutoThe russet iron bowl in one piece with turned edges and applied with a down turned mabisashi and with a circular maedate embossed with a m...

***WITHDRAWN***A daisho  The katana with 61.8cm blade, unsigned, the wakizashi with 44.5cm blade, unsigned, the tsuka with shakudo-nanako fuchi-ka...

A daishoThe katana with 66.0cm blade faintly signed Masamitsu, the wakisashi with 45.0cm blade signed Kobayashi Ise no Kami Kuniteru, the tsuka wi...

A daishoThe katana with 75.0cm blade signed Kanenaga, the wakizashi with 46.5cm blade, unsigned, the tsuka with iron fuchi-kashira decorated with ...

A daishoThe katana with 65.8cm blade signed Kanemoto, the wakishashi with 54.5cm blade signed Bishu Osafune Sukesada, the tsuka with shakudo-nanak...

A katanaThe 67.2cm blade signed Sukeyoshi saku, the tsuka with plain shakudo fuchi-kashira, gold dragon menuki, iron tsuba chiselled with a dragon...

A katanaThe 75.2cm blade signed Iga no Kami Fujiwara Sadatsugu, tskua with shakudo fuchi-kashira decorated with a squirrel and foliage in gold, so...

A katanaThe 66.9cm blade signed Bishu ju Nin Omi no Kami Fujiwara Sadahiro, tsuka with shakudo ishime fuchi-kashira, shakudo and gold menuki in th...

A katanaThe 70.3cm blade carved with a hi on each side, signed Bizen Kuni ju Osafune Hichibejo Sukesada, the tsuka with shakudo mon menuki, iron t...

A katanaThe 70.6cm blade cut with hi on each side, signed Oshu Kuniwake Wakabayashi ju Yamashiro Daijo Fujiwara Kunikane and engraved with a nine ...

A katanaThe 70cm blade signed tachi-mei Hizen no Kami Fujiwara Tadakiyo, the tsuka with iron fuchi-kashira decorated with dragons in gold, shakudo...

A katanaThe 67.1cm blade signed Aizu ju Shigetoshi saku, the tsuka with shibuichi fuchi-kashira decorated with terrapins and foliage in soft metal...

A katanaThe 62.5cm blade cut with hi on each side, unsigned, the yamagane fuchi-kashira decorated with geese in flight and a stream, soft metal de...

A tachiThe 62.1cm blade carved with a dragon and ken horimono on the omote, signed Omi no Kami Fujiwara Tsuguhiro, the tsuka with copper fuchi and...

A tachiThe 69.3 blade unsigned, the tsuka with iron fuchi and kabuto-gane decorated with trailing leaves in gold, large gilt dragon menuki, iron a...

A handachiThe 65.9cm blade unsigned, the tsuka with iron fuchi and kabuto-gane inlaid with scrolling tendrils in silver, gold dragon menuki, aoi s...

A handachiThe 59.8cm blade cut with a hi on each side, signed Bishu Osafune Sukesade and dated 1515, iron nanako fuchi and kabuto-gane decorated w...

A handachiThe 75.1cm blade with extended nakago, unsigned, the tsuka with shakudo fuchi and kabuto-gane decorated with dragons and clouds with gol...

A handachiThe 71.3cm blade cut with hi on each side, the fuchi and kabuto-gane of ishime copper, shakudo vajra menuki, the unsigned yamagane tsuba...

A handachiThe 59cm blade signed Fujiwara Shigeyuki, the tsuka with shakudo fuchi and kabuto-gane chiselled with waves, menuki in the form of styli...

A wakizashiThe 31.2cm hira-zukuri blade with hi signed Bizen no Kuni ju Osafune Sukesada saku and dated 1574, the tsuka with shakudo fuchi-kashira...

A wakizashiThe 53.5cm blade signed Kanenobu, the tsuka with shibuichi fuchi-kashira decorated with gold dragons in clouds, gold shi-shi menuki, sh...

A wakizashiThe 50.8cm blade signed Kunihiro, the tsuka with iron fuchi and kabuto-gane inlaid with silver scrolls, menuki in the form of soft meta...

A wakizashiThe 45.5cm blade signed Musashi no Kami Fujiwara Kiyosada, the tsuka with iron fuchi and kabuto-gane decorated with a water-wheel and f...

A wakizashiThe 45.5cm blade signed Manhoju Kuniyuki, the tsuka with shakudo-nanako fuchi and kabuto-gane with raised rims, menuki in the form of s...

A wakizashiThe 42.3cm blade unsigned, the tsuka with shakudo fuchi and kabuto-gane engraved with tendrils, menuki in the form of a tiger and a leo...

A wakizashiThe 34.3cm blade signed Minamoto Hirohisa, the tsuka with shakudo fuchi-kashira decorated with foliage in soft metals, soft metal folia...

A wakizashiThe 37cm blade carved with a hi on each side, signed Kanetaka saku, the tsuka with shakudo fuchi-kashira decorated with dragons, shakud...

A wakizashiThe 46.2cm blade signed Tamba no Kami Yoshimichi, the tsuka with unmatched shakudo fuchi-kashira decorated with flowers in soft metals,...

A wakizashiThe 42cm blade signed Tamba no Kami Yoshimichi, the tsuka with shakudo fuchi kashira decorated with crashing waves with gold spray, sha...

A wakizashiThe 42.7cm blade with hi signed Bishu Osafune Morimitsu and dated 1415, the tsuka with shakudo fuchi-kashira decorated with dragon and ...

A wakizashiThe 45.8cm blade signed Bishu Mihara ju Masanobu, iron fuchi-kashira with some light gold and silver nunome decoration, gilt menuki in ...

A wakizashiThe 46.2cm blade unsigned, the tsuka with copper gilt fuchi-kashira engraved with ho-ho birds and foliage, signed Shinai and with an in...