AN ORANGE-LACED GOLD-LACQUER ARMOR WITH A MYŌCHIN-LINEAGE HELMET Edo period (1615-1868), 18th/19th century Lacquered gold and laced entirely in orange comprising a 16-plate russet-iron ō-boshi kabuto mounted with a shakudō tehen kanamono, the helmet bowl fitted with a three-lame ō-manju jikoro finished in wide fukigaeshi decorated with printed leather, applied with gilt-copper hollyhock crests and decorative plates pierced and chiseled with peonies, the mabizashi mounted with a matching kuwagata-dai and long gilt kuwagata, the lacquered-wood maedate formed as a dragon entwined around a Buddhist ken, the helmet signed on the interior rear Myōchin Muneyoshi kore o saku; the nerikawa menpō lacquered black and fitted with a three-lame yodarekake attached with printed leather; the dō-maru cuirass with seven sections of five-lame kusazari; the ō-sode finished with gilt-metal hardware; the kote with black-lacquer plates on the forearms and chain mail and small plates on the upper arms; with Etchū haidate and shino suneate; with boar's fur boots Accompanied by certificate no. 1740 issued by the Nihon Katchū Bugu Kenkyu Hozon Kai (Society for the Preservation of Japanese Armor), dated October 13, 2019, designating it as Tokubetsu Kichō Shiryō (Especially Important Material) For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing