If you love old bachi : SO-FUKURIN SUJI KABUTO

[Alainalain]

Nanbokucho period - early Muromachi, 14th century (early 15th ?)
 Dimensions of the bowl (excluding koshimaki) H9, L20 x L18.5 cm, tehen diameter 3cm
 Helmet with a slightly zenshozan shape (higher shape on the front than on the back) made of
 forty-two black lacquered slats with golden copper fukurin on all the suji (slats) and higaki à la
 base.
 Three gilded copper shinodare (arrows) on the front plates and two on the back and a kasajirushi no ka, on the
 top a large Tehen kanamono with five floors in gilded copper, on the sides are pierced four hibiki-noana and surmounted by four shiten-no-byô.

The helmet retains all of its original lacquered surfaces and most of its gilded copper elements.
   of time.
   The tehen kanamono (decorative element at the top) and the kasajirushi-tsuke no kan (ring at the back
   intended to receive a small identification flag) have been reported, the tehen is from the Muromachi period
   and the probably older suspension ring.
   The bachi, daienzan-shaped, almost perfectly round and low, with a wide tehen at the top,
   still bears the characteristics of the bachi of the first periods of the fourteenth century, its shape
   with a front slightly higher than the rear represents one of the first evolutions towards this
   will become the akodanari form in the 15th century.  It is still in the style produced by armorsmiths
   from the Kyoto and Nara region around the middle of the 14th century.
   This helmet bowl is a very rare example of an early stage in the evolution of the kabuto style
   akodanari (melon shape), the typical shape brought in the 15th and 16th centuries

another very early exemplar of Akoda nari is in view at the metropolitan museum New York (Accession 
Number 17.207.2)

 

[Luc T]

Congatulations, a very Nice early kabuto.  A rare find!

[Shogun8]

Fantastic find - bravo!

[FrenchBreadPrime]

This is a great Kabuto, I'm impressed by the state it's in, the lacquer has been holding on really well!

[Alainalain]

Thank you for your positive feedback.
the lacquer is in good condition for its age it is obviously cracked in places but there is no lack except on a shock at the back

the lacquer hides a rather approximate assembly of the bachi but the whole is superb, especially the golden copper parts.