Items | Mandarin Mansion

Chinese trousse in Mongolian style

With heavy pierced silver mounts in with archaic dragon designs.

€1600,-
Fine mail shirt, Sikh Empire

With a lozenge pattern of brass rings.

Reserved
Large Central Asian composite bow

With design features reminiscent of Persian and Indian bows.

Reserved
"South China Sea Guard"

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

€300,-
Ming style spearhead

A heavy, well-made piece that was probably a military issue.

Reserved
Fine Algerian yataghan

An exceptionally large example with silver-clad scabbard.

€7500,-
Qijiadao in Vince Evans mounts

The 17th-century blade is mounted in fittings designed by Philip Tom and executed by Vince Evans some 20 years ago.

Reserved
Large spearhead from South India

An unusual type with a broad leaf-shaped head with deep sunken panels.

€2400,-
All wootz kard dagger

With a hidden compartment for a small utility knife.

€2500,-
Tibetan spearhead

Of slender type with a chiseled iron knot shaped bolster.

Reserved
Kiyou-Toujin Tsuba

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

€1500,-
Tachi tsuba of nanban tetsu

A rare 17th-century sword guard made of foreign steel.

€700,-
A Sumbawa Kabeala

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

€1250,-
1930's Republican dàdāo

Of the exact type seen in use by the famous 29th Route Army.

Reserved
Vietnamese officer gươm

With staghorn grip finely carved with plum blossoms.

Reserved
Very fine ceremonial gươm

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

€3400,-
Fine Burmese dha hmyaung

With intricately carved ivory hilt depicting a demon on a horse.

€1800,-
Boy's katar

A miniature piece meant for use by a small boy.

€350,-
Boy's brass hilted patá

With charming zoomorphic gauntlet with feline head.

€2400,-
Indian teghá with fine hilt

With wide, pattern-welded blade.

€3500,-
Axe with Anup Singh inscription

With a samvat date that corresponds to 1691 A.D.

€1200,-
Vijayanagara "pata"

A very early example of the type, with locally made rapier style blade.

€1900,-
Rare Jinchuan quiver

With a connection to local royalty in Jinchuan, Sichuan province.

Price on request
Qing archer's belt

Made of heavy silk with gilt copper alloy mounts.

€2000,-
North Indian katar with tools

With a fine wootz blade with a pronounced center ridge.

Price on request
Burmese double knives

A rare set of twin knives in a single scabbard.

€750,-
Ivory hilted dha

An earlier example with an iconographic hilt.

€1650,-
Tibetan or Mongolian quiver

Of an early type with dramatic widened shape.

€4500,-
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

€5600,-
Matched Vietnamese kiếm pair

With carved stone handles and superb workmanship in silver and mother-of-pearl.

€7800,-
Sinhalese knife and stylus

Fitting in a single scabbard. Modest for Sinhalese work.

€625,-
A large pihiya kättha

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

€2800,-
Sinhalese kasthāné dated 1776

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

Price on request
Sumatran keris panjang

A type of long keris often described as "execution keris".

€1400,-
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

€1200,-
Iron ship sword guard

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

€650,-
Heavy Rajput katar

A heavy Indian katar with substantial armor piercing blade.

€1500,-
Sinhalese export sword guard

A large circular Asian export sword guard with elaborate decor carved in relief on both sides.

€2500,-
Chilanum dagger

With great sculptural qualities.

€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"

€5000,-
A very good Afghan pulouar

With wootz handle with fine pierced pommel dome.

€3500,-
Chinese Shan presentation dha

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

€3200,-
A Kachin dha

A large Kachin style square-ended dha in Shan style mountings.

€1500,-
Large Southern Chinese saber

Built around a beautifully forged blade, in full polish, revealing a burl grain pattern.

Reserved
Large Vietnamese trường đao

Of very good quality for this type of weapon.

€950,-
Vietnamese straightsword

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

€2600,-
Mamluk style sword in talwar hilt

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

€6500,-
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,-
A Sinhalese spear

A nice example of a rare type of weapon from the Sinhalese arsenal.

€2500,-