(2) JAPANESE IRON SAMURAI WAR HATS (JINGASA)
the first with seventeen plates, each plate with four brass rivets, red painted underside, 16.75"diam.; along with a
SIGNED EMBOSSED RUSSET-IRON JINGASA, the rim circled with a dragon in the clouds, 18"diam.
These types of hats were worn to protect from flying arrows and objects.
From the collection of the late David Abbate of New York and New Jersey.
Both hats sans chords.
Estimate: $800 - $1,200
Realized: $950 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 356 : (2) JAPANESE IRON SAMURAI WAR HATS (JINGASA)
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