A 19th century Japanese katana with curved single-edged blade, blade

A 19th century Japanese katana with curved single-edged blade, blade length 67.5cm, the unsigned tang with single hole piercing, mounted with an earlier oval steel tsuba, probably 18th century, with pierced decoration in the Oawari style, the fish-skin grip with damascene-decorated fuchi and hidden menuki fittings, with black lacquered scabbard with steel kosiri (kashira pommel lacking, some environmental damage to blade, rust to tang, some grip tape loose, scabbard distressed), together with a late 19th century Japanese wakizashi with curved single-edged blade, blade length 40.5cm, the unsigned tang with single hole piercing, and fish-skin grip, with black lacquered scabbard (environmental damage to blade, losses to fish-skin grip, losses to scabbard).

Estimate:£200

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