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Pulasir keris hilt

A Madurese keris hilt, carved from dark hardwood in the form of a Dutch cuirassier.

€900,-
Silver overlaid Chinese hook sword

Typical Chinese hook sword, with seldom-seen fine silver wire overlay.

Price on request
Fine Kutch horse head shamshir

The style typical of Kutch, the execution far above what is normally seen on work from that area.

Price on request
Echizen Kanenori tachi

A fine, Circa 400-year-old blade in 19th-century tachi mountings.

Reserved
Persian painted shield

Persian steel shield with fine Qajar style painted dome.

€5000,-
Indian Jade mounted dagger

Nice and complete with opaque green hilt and scabbard mounts.

Price on request
Fine mid Qing matchlock musket

With a golden damascened lock of the Indo-Portuguese type.

€20000,-
Persian wootz armor set

Consisting of shield, helmet and arm protector.

€32000,-
17th century Javanese tombak

With floral overlay, kinatah, typical for the period.

€5500,-
Japanese battle flag

Resist-dyed cotton in white and indigo, with three fans mon.

Reserved
South Indian cobra tip sword

An early fighting piece with strong reinforcing langet and broad, cobra shaped tip.

€7200,-
South Kalimantan parang

Of typical South Borneo workmanship, but formed like a mandau from Kutai.

€2000,-
Sumatran sword with gold covered hilt

A fine example, probably meant for Palembang royalty.

€5500,-
Indian enamel and wootz dagger

With designs of animals, often attributed to Lucknow, north India.

€15000,-
Hawk and pine tsuba

Carved out of copper alloy with details highlighted in gold.

€250,-
Fine pierced nanban tsuba

Very delicate work with carved guardian lions.

€500,-
Small Chinese saber guard

Of pierced iron, elaborately cut with lotus petal border.

€1200,-
Aoi-gata tsuba with foreigners

Unusual tsuba with foreign figures and Chinese auspicious symbols.

€1800,-
Iron nanban ship tsuba

Pierced and chiseled showing an 18th century European vessel.

€475,-
Hirado Kunishige fuchi

One of his classic designs, signed by the maker.

Reserved
Sawasa smallsword pommel

Upgraded with filigree to resemble a snuff bottle.

€1600,-
Sawasa east indian inkwell

Sawasa is metalware in black and gold made primarily for the Dutch expat community in Asia.

€3800,-
Unusual nanban tsuba

Very finely carved with designs reminiscent of export wares.

€500,-
17th century Chinese saber guard

With the swirling arabesque motifs that are typical for this period.

€5500,-
Indian betel box

Made of brass and bronze, now deeply patinated.

€400,-
Dutch Colonial sirih box

Complete with key, inside divider and four silver containers.

€4750,-
Tang dynasty horse head

Mounted on a custom hardwood stand

€1600,-
Nyamba keris hilt with seal

Rare old keris handle made into a European wax seal.

€1500,-
Unusual Indonesian carved grip

Made of carved wood with metal inlays for eyes and mouth.

€450,-
Batak bullet holder

Carved of amber-colored horn, with an ancestral face with metal inlays.

€850,-
Dayak bamboo container

Carved with typically Dayak aso "dog dragon" motifs.

€800,-
Burmese silver manuscript holder

For holding and protecting important documents.

€650,-
Very good Deccan chilanum

A large example in excellent state of preservation.

€16000,-
Japanese lacquered sword stand

With scenes of pine trees and three drawers.

€3200,-
Fine Qing powder flask

Very good example with a finely carved warrior scene.

€3000,-
Fijian throwing club

Old 19th century piece with a nice smooth and dark patina.

€2500,-
62 plate kabuto with maedate

Each plate with raised rib, the visor embossed with simulated eyebrows.

Reserved
Chinese export lacquer box

A nice example with unusually fine lacquerwork and a monogram in the lid.

€3800,-
Shimazu mon daishō

A pair of daishō with blades forged by the Takada smiths of Bungo in the north of Kyūshū.

Price on request
Early Edo samurai armor

Very heavy armor, made for business.

Price on request
Mother of pearl inlaid katana kake

In black and gold urushi lacquer, with fine mother-of-pearl inlays with aquatic landscapes on both sides.

€8000,-
Fine Sōshū tantō

A fine tantō forged in the Sōshū tradition with Hon'Ami Koson sayagaki.

Price on request
Rare Vietnamese pellet bow set

An exceedingly rare set with fine mother of pearl inlaid string board

€6000,-
SE Asian dha with "Musashi tsuba"

In excavated condition, with copper alloy hilt.

€650,-
Unusual khyber knife

With forge folded, overlaid blade.

€2150,-
Unusual Vietnamese trường đao

With forward swept iron guard and swollen grip.

€1300,-
Transcaucasian kindjal

With a rare single-edged blade with tight fullering.

€1900,-
Agate hilted wootz khanjar

Nice Persian dagger with fine wootz blade and unusual hilt material.

€3500,-
Silver overlaid Tibetan shortsword

With a rare, finely forged double hairpin blade.

€3500,-
Large Qing military sword

Probably of Southern origin, with a straight blade and flaring tip.

€2200,-
Southern Chinese openwork sword guard

In the style of northern work of the 16th and 17th centuries

€3000,-
Assymetric dragon tsuba

Chinese work for the Japanese market.

€800,-