HARUMITSU (ACTIVE LATE 16TH CENTURY) A Bizen Tantō with Mounts Momoyama period (1573-1615), dated 1597 Of hirazukuri configuration forged in itamehada with visible jinie, the tempered edge suguha with nioi and nie, the ubu tang with one hole, signed Bishū no jū Osafune Harumitsu saku and dated Keichō ninen hachigatsu kichijitsu (An auspicious day in the eighth month of 1579), with a one-piece copper habaki, 9 3/8in (23.8cm) long, in a shirasaya wood storage scabbard; the aikuchi goshira-e comprising a black-lacquer saya decorated with bands of sprinkled crushed iridescent shell, fitted with shakudō nanako fittings including fuchi, koiguchi, kurikata and a kozuka decorated with flowering vines and fans in iro-e takazōgan 17in (43.2cm) long overall Footnotes: Accompanied by Hozon Tōken (Sword Worthy of Preservation) certificate no. 370569 issued by the Nihon Bijutsu Tōken Hozon Kyokai (The Society for the Preservation of the Japan Art Sword), dated April 8, 2005. Lot to be sold without reserve. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ¤ ¤ Unless indicated by the ¤ symbol next to the lot number (or bearing an explicit statement such as 'No Reserve' or 'Without Reserve'), which denotes no reserve, all lots in the catalog are subject to a reserve. The reserve is the minimum hammer price that the seller is willing to accept for a lot. This amount is confidential and does not exceed the low estimate value. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing