Dagger - Fan in trompe l'oeil, Japan, 19th century - Lot 40

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Dagger - Fan in trompe l'oeil, Japan, 19th century - Lot 40
Dagger - Fan in trompe l'oeil, Japan, 19th century Rare fan dagger called "tanto". Composed of a steel blade and a carved bamboo sheath, black lacquered, imitating a folded fan, closed. L. 30,5 cm (wear of the black lacquer) N.B. : these trompe-l'oeil fans are defensive weapons, made to order. They were forbidden in China and Japan. Read Neville John Iröns, "Fans of Imperial Japan", Kaiserreich Kunst (Hong Kong Ltd), 1981, n°9, p. 90
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