£3,000
A JAPANESE TANTO OR SHORT SWORD, CIRCA 1930
the 9¾in. plain steel blade with white shagreen braid-covered grip, contained within lacquered maroon wooden scabbard with etched steel floral mounts and two kozukas, one signed possibly for Tsuyoshi -- 16in. (40.5cm.) overall, contained within wooden box
The Worshipful Company of Shipwrights, presented by the trustees of Dr. James Foster King C.B.E., Liveryman, 1947
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