Dagger - Fan in trompe l'oeil, Japan, 19th... - Lot 45 - Coutau-Bégarie

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Dagger - Fan in trompe l'oeil, Japan, 19th... - Lot 45 - Coutau-Bégarie
Dagger - Fan in trompe l'oeil, Japan, 19th century Rare fan dagger called "tanto". Composed of a steel blade and a carved, painted and gilded bamboo sheath, imitating a folded, closed fan. The trompe-l'oeil plumes are made of black lacquer. L. 30,5 cm N.B. : these trompe-l'oeil fans are more defensive weapons than fans, made on order. They were forbidden in China as in Japan. Read Neville John Iröns, "Fans of Imperial Japan", Kaiserreich Kunst (Hong Kong Ltd), 1981, n°9, p. 90.
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