A KATANA-ZUTSU [CARRYING CASE] AND QUIVER
EDO PERIOD (17TH - 18TH CENTURY)
Details
The katana-zutsu decorated overall with shell inlays and gold and silver hiramaki-e and nashiji with clematis and scattered mon [family crests] of crossed nagi [Asian bayberry] leaves, copper fittings, black lacquer interior; the quiver decorated in gold hiramaki-e with scatterd yotsume mon [family crests] on an inlaid shell ground Katana-zutsu 121 cm. long; quiver 100 cm. long
