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  • Yagami school nanban tsuba

    Yagami school nanban tsuba

    The Yagami school were excellent carvers of iron, known for their 1000 monkey designs.

    €1800,-
  • Hirado Kunishige tsuba logo

    Enamelled Hirado Kunishige tsuba

    Fine work and one of the very few enamelled tsuba by this maker.

    €1800,-
  • Keris panjang with European blade logo

    European sword blade keris

    In the style of a Malay keris panjang.

    €1750,-
  • Chinese yidao guard logo

    Yidao guard

    Exceptionally large pierced iron guard for a Chinese yidao; "virtuous saber".

    €6000,-
  • Korean eunjangdo

    A fine Korean eunjangdo

    With all silver construction, including the blade.

    €1600,-
  • Three wise monkeys tsuba logo

    Three wise monkeys tsuba

    Japanese sword guard depicting three wise monkeys conveying the message see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.

    €1500,-
  • South Indian katar with yali logo

    Southern katar with yali langets

    Of a style often associated with Tanjore, the seat of the Vijayanagara empire.

    €1650,-
  • Northern Wei dynasty shaffron logo

    Northern Wei shaffron

    Silk horse mask from the Xianbei ruled dynasty which ruled northern China from 386 to 534 A.D.

    Price on request
  • German flintlock with Ottoman barrel

    Türkenbeute flintlock musket

    Fine German hunting flintlock with captured Ottoman barrel.

    €16000,-
  • Vijayanagara katar logo

    Vijayanagara hooded katar

    With crisp, extremely very well-preserved wootz blade.

    €5500,-
  • Very fine Mindan dha logo

    Very fine Mindan dha

    Introduction Fine silver overlaid dha made in Mindan village, south of Mandala

    €3600,-
  • Tongzhou incident dadao logo

    Tongzhou incident 29th army dàdāo

    With markings attributing it to the Tongzhou incident and a Japanese surrender tag.

    €6500,-
  • Kora hilted khukuri logo

    Sword hilted khukurī

    A rarer variety with a hilt that takes inspiration from the kora and talwar.

    €1200,-
  • Rare Santali shield logo

    Rare Santali shield

    Peculiar shield with catching hook, used by the Santali people of Bengal.

    €2000,-
  • North Indian antelope axe

    Indian Antelope Axe

    An enigmatic type of axe, this one probably from tribal north India.

    €1200,-
  • Baja dagger overall

    Fine African Bedja dagger

    These handsome daggers were worn by the nomadic Hadendoa people, their name has been interpreted as meaning "Lion Clan".

    €1300,-
  • Persian mirror case attributed to Riza Al-Imami logo

    Persian mirror case by Riza Al-Imami

    Made of pasteboard, finely lacquered with roses and nightengales.

    €9600,-
  • Sinhalese pihiya logo

    Sinhalese pihiya

    A beautiful black coral hilted example, made in the King's workshops.

    €1800,-
  • Mindan dha logo

    Dha with story of Maung Tin

    Of the silver overlaid type made in Mindan, with an unusual story on the blade.

    €4000,-
  • Parang latok logo

    Parang latok

    A curious slashing weapon from northern Borneo.

    €2800,-
  • Silver hilted keris coteng logo

    Silver hilted keris coteng

    A textbook example of this rare and early type of keris.

    €3200,-
  • Deccan firanghi

    Deccan firanghi with silver overlay

    The basket hilt is elaborately overlaid with silver in floral designs.

    Price on request
  • North Indian kirach with Persian wootz export blade

    Interesting kirach with dated hilt

    Mentioning the son of a Maharajah and a year corresponding to 1887 A.D.

    €6000,-
  • Jumyo katana logo

    Jumyo katana with fine koshirae

    The very detailed mountings are decorated with designs of Japanese spiny lobsters.

    Price on request
  • Rare bifurcated Khond axe

    Rare bifurcated Khond axe

    Very rare subtype of a Khond tribal axe with double points.

    €1650,-
  • Ifugao hinalung

    Batad Ifugao hinālung

    Rare double-edged shortsword of the Ifugao of northern Luzon.

    €800,-
  • South Nias belatu

    Later South Nias belatu

    Nice and complete example with talisman basket. Probably 20th century.

    €1100,-
  • Nias si euli

    North Nias si euli

    A peculiar type of knife worn in the north of Nias.

    €1350,-
  • Fine gilt duanjian overall

    Gilt duanjian with foreign blade

    Unusual Chinese duanjian with fine gilt mounts and a blade of non-Chinese origin.

    €3200,-
  • Winged dragon tsuba

    Winged dragon tsuba

    A fine and unusually large tsuba. Attributed to Hizen by the NBTHK.

    €3200,-
  • Fine Burmese silver repousse sword scabbard

    Fine Burmese silver sword scabbard

    It represents the best of Burmese silversmithing with repousse work in high relief.

    €3800,-
  • Milam sword of the Garo people of Assam

    A milam of the Garo

    This peculiar sword was used by the Garo people of Assam for fighting, clearing the jungle, and animal sacrifices.

    €1800,-
  • Khasi dao

    A Khasi dao

    These mysterious weapons were already obsolete when the first ethnographers encountered them.

    €3200,-
  • Rare beladau lebar dagger from southern Kalimantan logo

    Rare beladau lebar dagger

    A rare type of dagger from South Kalimantan, loosely based on Islamic daggers seen worn by traders.

    €475,-
  • Chinese crescent moon spearhead logo

    Chinese crescent spearhead

    A robust and heavy example, crafted with care.

    €750,-
  • Javanese tiger hilt sword

    Tiger hilt sword with VOC blade

    With Dutch VOC blade, marked with the Amsterdam monogram.

    €1750,-
  • Preanger gobang sword with dated VOC blade logo

    Preanger sword with VOC blade

    Blade marked with VOC Amsterdam monogram, and the year 1769.

    €2000,-
  • Dutch military m19898 saber in Sumatran hilt logo

    Sumatran hilted Dutch saber

    Using a possibly captured M1898 "klewang" blade.

    €800,-
  • Broad Vietnamese fighting knife

    Broad Vietnamese knife

    Broad bladed example with horn hilt and engraved blade.

    €900,-
  • Indian dagger

    A fine north Indian dagger

    Of jambiya form, with pattern welded blade and fine silver scabbard mounts.

    Reserved
  • Peony karakusa tsuba

    Peony karakusa tsuba

    Executed in "nanban style" openwork with chiseled and gold-encrusted peonies.

    €350,-
  • Qing military saber with Manchu label logo

    The saber of Manchu Wu Songlu

    A standard pattern Qing military saber, but with the rare addition of a label in Manchu.

    €1900,-
  • Qing dynasty dadao logo

    A large Qing dàdāo

    Large and heavy example with the notable Umlauff provenance.

    Reserved
  • Daruma tsuba logo

    Daruma tsuba

    A peculiar tsuba with a depiction of Bodhidharma and two dragon chasing a pearl.

    €420,-
  • Kunihiro wan-gata tsuba

    Wan-gata tsuba by Kunihiro

    Its outer surface is decorated with interlocking swastikas and family crests.

    €460,-
  • Fine patterned sikin panjang logo

    Very good sikin panjang

    Its blade with very fine and complex pamor, brought out by a polish.

    €2200,-
  • Unusual Chinese saber with figure head pommel logo

    Unusual Chinese saber

    Built around an imported blade, with a human head shaped pommel.

    €750,-
  • Old excavated dha logo

    An old dha (carbon 14 dated)

    Found in excavated condition, published with results of c-14 and XRF analysis.

    €1000,-
  • Nanban kogai and kozuka called futakoromono

    Nanban kogai & kozuka set (futakoromono)

    The only set of its type known to me in both private and museum collections.

    Price on request
  • Prince Constantin Wiasemsky dha

    The Wiasemsky Montagnard dha

    Collected by a Russian prince from the hill peoples of central Vietnam in 1892.

    €1800,-
  • kirichchiya logo

    A Sinhalese kirichchiya

    A rare type of Sinhalese dagger with stylized bird hilt and blade with backedge.

    €400,-
  • Old excavated dha logo

    An excavated dha sword

    With heavy blade and copper alloy hilt and lobed guard.

    €700,-

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