KUNIHIRO LINEAGE A Horikawa-School Wakizashi in Flamboyant Mounts Momoyama period (1573-1615), dated 1611 Hirazukuri, iorimune forged in flowing itame hada mixed with mokume hada with a gunome midare tempered edge with a moist nioiguchi based in nie, the midare komi bōshi with a short return, the machiokuri tang with four holes (two plugged), sujikai file marks, inscribed Rakuyō Ichijō no jū Fujiwara Kunihiro, and dated Keichō kanoto-i jūich gatsu no hi (A day in the 11th month of 1611), with a two-piece gilt-copper habaki; the koshira-e comprising a saya wrapped in red, textured leather bound with silver-wire mesh and mounted with a silver kojiri hammered and chiseled with myriad shishi (mythical Chinese lions), signed Okishige, and inlaid with colored stones on a pierced ground of scrolling vines in gold, the gilt uragawara, kurikata, and koiguchi chiseled with crashing waves, the saya fitted with a silver kozuka deeply chiseled with turbulent waves, the blade signed Oite Nanban tetsu Awataguchi Ōmi no kami Tadatsuna, the tsuka mounted with a gilt fuchi deeply chiseled with Chinese warriors in a landscape, the kashira formed with seated confronted shishi (mythical Chinese lions) highlighted with colored stones, the circular menuki further inlaid with colored stones, with a circular brass tsuba decorated with a continuation of the landscape, the rim with a band of colored stones Nagasa (length from tip of blade to beginning of the tang) 30.5cm (12in) long. Footnotes: Provenance Mark and Peter Dinely Collection, sold at Bonhams, Knightsbridge, November 27, 2019, lot 397. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y Y Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the UK, see clause 13. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing