MASAFUSA LINEAGE A Satsuma Tantō in Silver Mounts Edo period (1615-1868), 17th century Hirazukuri, iorimune, forged in masame hada and with a suguha tempered edge ending in a ko-maru bōshi, the tang slightly machiokuri with two holes, sujikai file marks, and signed Masafusa, with a one-piece gilt habaki; the 19th-century koshira-e comprising a silver saya and tsuka chiseled on the surface with crashing waves in kebori and applied with gold and silver plovers, the silver kojiri, kurikata, fuchi-gashira, kozuka, and tsuba all chiseled with crashing waves Nagasa (length from tip of blade to beginning of the tang) 29cm (11 3/8in) long. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing