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A "dui chirra" khukuri

Named so after the two ridges that are formed on the bi-fullered blade.

€625,-
Large silver mounted khukuri

With pierced mounts and velvet-covered scabbard.

€600,-
A fine curved Deccan katar

With beautifully shaped blade and fine, elaborately chiseled hilt.

€3500,-
A curved Deccan katar

With elaborately pierced and chiseled hilt.

€1500,-
A Deccan chilanum

With wootz blade, and silver overlaid hilt that was finished with fire-gilding.

€2300,-
Box of Javanese arrows

Used in a target archery sport that was originally practiced in the Keraton.

€1200,-
A Sinhalese knife

Rarely seen today, a commoner's example with carved, bone hilt.

€300,-
Early Tibetan or Mongolian quiver

A very rare example of a type of all-leather tube quiver that was used by Mongols and Tibetans of

€4000,-
Ceremonial yem nguyệt đao

Modeled after the Chinese "guan dao", made of lacquered wood.

€550,-
A katar from Sindh

With markings suggesting it was a wedding gift, presented in 1832.

€6200,-
Fine Bhutanese dagger

With heavy silver mounts, pierced and chiseled.

€2500,-
Fine Chinese Shan dha

Entirely clad in silver and with a differentially heat treated blade.

€1750,-
Large wootz talwar

The hilt inlaid with silver, once blued for added contrast.

€2600,-
Golden damascened boy's katar

A rare example with pattern welded blade, retaining its original scabbard.

€1500,-
Bhutanese dagger

With narrow blade and all brass mounts.

€300,-
Mamluk style sword in talwar hilt

Chiseled with a rare type of decor on the base, and with two Islamic inscriptions.

€6500,-
Chinese trousse in Mongolian style

With heavy pierced silver mounts in with archaic dragon designs.

€1200,-
"South China Sea Guard"

Most likely used by the multi-cultural crews of pirate fleets that roamed the South China seas.

€250,-
Fine Algerian yatağan

An exceptionally large example with silver-clad scabbard.

€7500,-
All wootz kard dagger

With a hidden compartment for a small utility knife.

€2500,-
Kiyou-Toujin Tsuba

A Japanese style sword guard made in 17th century Nagasaki Chinatown.

€1200,-
A Sumbawa Kabeala

With broad silver-clad scabbard, worked entirely in repousse.

€1250,-
Very fine ceremonial gươm

An outstanding example with very fine silver and moth-of-pearl work.

€3400,-
Boy's brass hilted patá

With charming zoomorphic gauntlet with feline head.

€2400,-
Tibetan or Mongolian quiver

Of an early type with dramatic widened shape.

€3000,-
A large pihiya kättha

A massive example weighing just over 800 grams. With scabbard.

€2500,-
Sinhalese kasthāné dated 1776

A very fine specimen, complete with ruby-set scabbard.

Price on request
Triple golden crown sikin

A sikin panjang with a triple golden crown.

€1100,-
Asian export sword guard

An interesting pierced iron Asian export sword guard that is part of a small group of guards that

€900,-
Iron ship sword guard

A chiseled iron sword guard depicting a Dutch ship with a figure on its stern.

€450,-
Chilanum dagger

Somewhat worn but once very high-quality, with great sculptural qualities and remains of silver "true inlay".

€1500,-
Fuchi kashira by Hisayuki

A beautiful signed Japanese ferrule and pommel plate.

€750,-
Tibetan style pierced saddle plate

With designs of four dragons in scrollwork around a "wish-granting-jewel"

€3500,-
Chinese Shan presentation dha

Presented by the local Dai nobility to a British customs officer in 1936.

€2000,-
Vietnamese straightsword

It has a narrow but sturdy blade with a springy temper.

€2600,-
A Chinese hook sword

A rather well-made example of its type.

€1500,-
A large Vietnamese falchion

Description A rather unusual Vietnamese falchion, by lack of a better n

€1100,-
Classic Choshu ship tsuba

The work nice and crisp, the execution has a naturalistic charm to it.

€350,-
Fine toradar with stippled barrel

With markings attributing it to Jalore.

€2000,-
South Indian katar with Bikaner marks

An interesting South Indian style katar with an imported European blade.

€750,-
Converted Chinese guard

A purely Chinese guard and not a very ornate one.

€175,-
Buryat bowcase and quiver

Of the Western Buryats, living near the shores of Lake Baikal.

€3500,-
English rifle with Ottoman barrel

An English rifle that was built around an 18th-century Ottoman barrel of the finest quality.

€5000,-