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A Sinhalese knife

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

€200,-
Canton tsuba with ship

Made in Canton, China, for the Japanese market.

€300,-
Chinese bamboo helmet

As worn by Southern Chinese military and militiamen.

€300,-
Sinhalese kirichchiya

With carved horn hilt and characteristic finger guard.

€300,-
Five dragon Canton tsuba

Made in Canton, China, for the Japanese market.

€350,-
Peony karakusa tsuba

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

€350,-
Antique Chinese spearhead 2

Of classic shape, with a leaf-shaped blade on a socket, connected by a cast bronze base.

€375,-
Ceremonial arrowhead

Made of iron, shaped as a gourd, with silver overlay.

€400,-
Facing dragon Canton tsuba

Made in Canton, China, for the Japanese market.

€400,-
Water caltrop Canton tsuba

Made in Canton, China, for the Japanese market.

€400,-
Lobed Canton tsuba

Made in Canton, China, for the Japanese market.

€400,-
Ramree veteran khukurī

Signed: Ricky Milnes, India 44, Burma 44, Ramree 45.

€400,-
Signed nakago kozuka

A by-knife for a Japanese sword, with a hilt shaped like a sword tang.

€400,-
Daruma tsuba

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

€420,-
A plain dha

Of a type likely produced by the Shan people and traded widely in the region.

€450,-
Chinese village dāo

A simple utilitarian weapon, probably made for rural martial artists or militia.

€450,-
Painted conical bamboo helmet

DescriptionAn old Chinese conical helmet of a type that militiamen and foot soldiers wor

€450,-
Wan-gata tsuba by Kunihiro

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

€460,-
Rare beladau lebar dagger

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

€475,-
Early Canton tsuba

Made in Canton, China, for the Japanese market.

€500,-
Heavy dha

The thick and heavy blade is marked with a script that has yet to be identified.

€600,-
SE Asian dha with "Musashi tsuba"

In excavated condition, with copper alloy hilt.

€650,-
An excavated dha sword

With heavy blade and copper alloy hilt and lobed guard.

€700,-
Unusual Chinese saber

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

€750,-
Chinese crescent spearhead

A robust and heavy example, crafted with care.

€750,-
Assymetric dragon tsuba

Chinese work for the Japanese market.

€800,-
Sumatran hilted Dutch saber

Using a possibly captured M1898 "klewang" blade.

€800,-
Batad Ifugao hinālung

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

€800,-
Indian Antelope Axe

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

€900,-
Broad Vietnamese knife

Broad bladed example with horn hilt and engraved blade.

€900,-
An old dha (carbon 14 dated)

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

€1000,-
Later South Nias belatu

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

€1100,-
A large Vietnamese falchion

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

€1100,-
Mindan dha

Fine silver overlaid dha made in Mindan village, south of Mandalay, gained fame in the 19th century.

€1200,-
Fuchi kashira by Hisayuki

A beautiful signed Japanese ferrule and pommel plate.

€1200,-
A Sumbawa Kabeala

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

€1250,-
Fine African Bedja dagger

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

€1300,-
Japanese inspired Asian sword

Inspired by uchigatana brought into Vietnam by Japanese refugees who settled along the coast.

€1300,-
Unusual Vietnamese trường đao

With forward swept iron guard and swollen grip.

€1300,-
Three wise monkeys tsuba

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

€1500,-
Rare bird dha

One of the rarest forms of dha, with a hilt and scabbard carved like a bird.

€1500,-
Canton tsuba with 28 "jewels"

Canton work for the Japanese market, with 28 metal balls in separate compartments.

€1500,-
An early "piha-kaetta"

Of nice quality, with unusual openwork silver bolster with serapendiya.

€1500,-
Qing openwork saber guard

A very rare Chinese saber guard dating from the height of the Qing dynasty.

€1500,-
Southern Chinese húdiédāo set

Wide-bladed pair with eccentric hilt features. Complete with scabbard.

€1600,-
A fine Korean eunjangdo

With all silver construction, including the blade.

€1600,-
Rare bifurcated Khond axe

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

€1650,-
Southern katar with yali langets

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

€1650,-
A fine, heavy piha kaetta

Of the chopper variety, with a finely carved ivory hilt.

€1650,-
European sword blade keris

In the style of a Malay keris panjang.

€1750,-
Sinhalese pihiya

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

€1800,-
Enamelled Hirado Kunishige tsuba

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

€1800,-