MUNENAGA (DATES UNKNOWN) A Shin-shintō Katana in Cloisonné-Enamel Mounts Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century Honzukuri, iorimune, chū-gissaki, toriizori forged in itame hada with a gunome tempered edge with yakiotoshi, both sides with bōhi, the machiokuri tang with one hole, sujikai files marks and signed Munenaga, with a two-piece silvered-copper and gilt habaki; the enamel koshira-e worked in silver wire and colored enamels with stylized floral roundels changing to paulownia flowers and vines in the lower section, the tsuka with shaped panels of two coiling dragons, the hardware with mallow leaves, floral lozenges, or butterflies, the lobed tsuba decorated with phoenixes in blossoming paulownia Nagasa (length from tip of blade to beginning of the tang) 71cm (28in) long. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing