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Sinhalese kirichchiya

With carved horn hilt and characteristic finger guard.

€300,-
A Sinhalese knife

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

€300,-
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,-
Signed nakago kozuka

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

€400,-
Ramree veteran khukurī

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

€400,-
A Sinhalese kirichchiya

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

Reserved
Daruma tsuba

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

€420,-
Khukurī in wooden scabbard

The scabbard carved as to closely mimic a tooled leather scabbard.

€450,-
A plain dha

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

€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,-
A trousse khukurī

Its scabbard with 12 pockets, with 10 of the items remaining.

€475,-
Heavy dha

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

€600,-
South Indian katar with Bikaner marks

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

€650,-
An excavated dha sword

With heavy blade and copper alloy hilt and lobed guard.

€700,-
Chinese crescent spearhead

A robust and heavy example, crafted with care.

€750,-
Unusual Chinese saber

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

€750,-
Batad Ifugao hinālung

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

€800,-
Sumatran hilted Dutch saber

Using a possibly captured M1898 "klewang" blade.

€800,-
Burmese dha with interesting blade

With inscriptions on blade, unusual grooves, and brass inlaid copper mounts.

€800,-
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,-
Fuchi kashira by Hisayuki

A beautiful signed Japanese ferrule and pommel plate.

€1200,-
Indian Antelope Axe

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

€1200,-
Mindan dha

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

€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,-
North Nias si euli

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

€1350,-
Three wise monkeys tsuba

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

€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,-
Rare bird dha

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

€1500,-
A fine Korean eunjangdo

With all silver construction, including the blade.

€1600,-
A large Qing dàdāo

Large and heavy example with the notable Umlauff provenance.

Reserved
Japanese inspired Asian sword

Inspired by uchigatana brought into Vietnam by Japanese refugees.

€1600,-
Rare bifurcated Khond axe

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

€1650,-
A fine, heavy piha kaetta

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

€1650,-
Southern katar with yali langets

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

€1650,-
Tiger hilt sword with VOC blade

With Dutch VOC blade, marked with the Amsterdam monogram.

€1750,-
European sword blade keris

In the style of a Malay keris panjang.

€1750,-
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,-
A fine 19th century khukurī

With iron, silver overlaid hilt. Its associated scabbard features fine quillwork.

€1800,-
Balinese spearhead with scabbard

With fine twist-core pamor and carved wooden scabbard.

€1800,-
The Wiasemsky Montagnard dha

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

€1800,-
Enamelled Hirado Kunishige tsuba

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

€1800,-
Yagami school nanban tsuba

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

€1800,-
Sinhalese pihiya

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

€1800,-
The saber of Manchu Wu Songlu

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

€1900,-
Preanger sword with VOC blade

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

€2000,-