Description
An Antique Japanese Lacquered Iron Cuirass and Helmet, 17th/18th Century. The hashi helmet composed of 50 plates with maye-zashi to the front, an opening to the centre of the crown mounted with decoratively cast kikuza, and shikoro protecting the neck made of five metal strips with ribbed & lacquered facing, laced together with cord. The lacquered iron hinged Samurai Do-maru composed of horizontal plates lined in lacquered leather, the whole laced together with cord.