^Lot 1707 JAPANESE TACHI COURT SWORD.

This attractive heavily gilded tachi measures 40 1/8" overall with a 27 1/2" blade. The blade has an irregular hamon with a gilded brass habaki. The tsuba is actually a tachi style crossguard for a court sword with a heavily gilded finish featuring foliate engraving and a family mon that depicts a three branched tree. There is a bracket on either side likely for suspension. There is a heavily gilded seppa above and below the crossguard. The nakago has three character signature on one side with a single mekugi-ana. The tsuka has heavy gilding on the matching fuchi and kashira that also matches the crossguard. The menuki consists of three gilded family mon together. There are five other studs in the white same that feature a family mon on one side and an oval stud on the other. The saya has a gold finish with shin-gunto style mounts and five large gold foil family mon on each side. The sageo is quite ornate and is also heavily gilded. CONDITION: the blade has a very fine polish with one tiny spot of oxidation. The tsuka retains nearly all of its original gilding with a few touches of verdigris on the kabuto-gane. The same has a fairly tight drying crack at the mid-point. The original capped mekugi is present but not in the sword because the caps are loose and prone to loss. The saya shows general light wear. (02-25811/BF). $3000-5000.