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  • Silver overlaid Chinese hook sword

    Silver overlaid Chinese hook sword

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

    Price on request
  • Kanenori in itomaki-no-tachi logo

    Echizen Kanenori tachi

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

    Reserved
  • Fine Qing matchlock musket

    Fine mid Qing matchlock musket

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

    €20000,-
  • Hata-jirushi logo

    Japanese battle flag

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

    Reserved
  • Hawk and pine tsuba logo

    Hawk and pine tsuba

    Carved out of copper alloy with details highlighted in gold.

    €250,-
  • Fine pierced nanban tsuba

    Fine pierced nanban tsuba

    Very delicate work with carved guardian lions.

    €500,-
  • late-chinese-pierced-guard-logo

    Small Chinese saber guard

    Of pierced iron, elaborately cut with lotus petal border.

    €1200,-
  • Asian export sword guard with foreigners logo

    Aoi-gata tsuba with foreigners

    Unusual tsuba with foreign figures and Chinese auspicious symbols.

    €1800,-
  • Nanban ship tsuba logo

    Iron nanban ship tsuba

    Pierced and chiseled showing an 18th century European vessel.

    €475,-
  • Hirado Kunishige fuchi logo

    Hirado Kunishige fuchi

    One of his classic designs, signed by the maker.

    Reserved
  • Unusual nanban tsuba

    Unusual nanban tsuba

    Very finely carved with designs reminiscent of export wares.

    €500,-
  • 17th century Chinese saber guard

    17th century Chinese saber guard

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

    €5500,-
  • Tang dynasty horse head logo

    Tang dynasty horse head

    Mounted on a custom hardwood stand

    €1600,-
  • Chinese powder flask overall

    Qing powder flask

    Southern Chinese style with birds in plum branches.

    Sold
  • Lacquered Japanese sword stand with drawers

    Japanese lacquered sword stand

    With scenes of pine trees and three drawers.

    €3200,-
  • Qing powder flask logo

    Fine Qing powder flask

    Very good example with a finely carved warrior scene.

    €3000,-
  • 62 plate Kabuto with mayu

    62 plate kabuto with maedate

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

    Reserved
  • Canton export lacquered box

    Chinese export lacquer box

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

    €3800,-
  • Shimazu clan daisho logo

    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 samural armor logo

    Early Edo samurai armor

    Very heavy armor, made for business.

    Price on request
  • Nagasaki raden katana kake logo

    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,-
  • Naoe Shizu tanto logo

    Fine Sōshū tantō

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

    Price on request
  • Muramasa logo

    Muramasa masterpiece tantō

    A masterpiece by the "cursed" smith, active in the early 16th century.

    Sold
  • Jade hilted Qing imperial court dagger logo

    Qing imperial jade hilted dagger

    An extremely rare dagger, made in the Qing court workshops.

    Sold
  • Ainu dagger logo

    Ainu dagger

    Called kuttom-ushbe in the local language. This one mounted in deer antler mounts.

    Sold
  • Mini makiri logo

    Miniature Ainu makiri

    Despite its size it is of remarkably fine workmanship.

    Sold
  • Qing dynasty dadao logo

    A large Qing dàdāo

    Large and heavy example with the notable Umlauff provenance.

    Sold
  • Antique Beijing hat logo

    Black velvet Beijing hat

    The hat traditionally worn by Beijingese gentlemen.

    Sold
  • Chinese bamboo helmet logo

    Southern Chinese military bamboo helmet

    The archetype Chinese bamboo helmet that is often seen on early photos.

    Sold
  • Chinese conical painted bamboo helmet logo

    Painted conical bamboo helmet

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

    Sold
  • Chinese soldier's bamboo hat

    Chinese bamboo helmet

    As worn by Southern Chinese military and militiamen.

    Sold
  • Chinese twisted hilt knife

    Twisted hilt knife

    Unusual Chinese knife with a twisted hilt with horn scales.

    Sold
  • Jinchuan trousse set logo

    Unusual bone and horn trousse

    DescriptionAn unusual Chinese trousse set.

    Sold
  • Friends of winter trousse logo

    Inlaid lacquer trousse set

    Unusual Chinese trousse set with "friends of winter" theme.

    Sold
  • Yunnan knives pair logo

    Pair of fine Yunnan knives

    Carrying Chinese silver marks on their scabbard mounts.

    Sold
  • Large Qing military sword

    Large Qing military sword

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

    €2200,-
  • Chinese openwork sword guard

    Southern Chinese openwork sword guard

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

    €3000,-
  • Lotus border tsuba logo

    Assymetric dragon tsuba

    Chinese work for the Japanese market.

    €800,-
  • 28 jewel canton tsuba

    Canton tsuba with 28 "jewels"

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

    €1500,-
  • Early Canton tsuba

    Early Canton tsuba

    Made in Canton, China, for the Japanese market.

    €500,-
  • Lobed Canton tsuba logo

    Lobed Canton tsuba

    Made in Canton, China, for the Japanese market.

    €400,-
  • Canton ship tsuba logo

    Canton tsuba with ship

    Made in Canton, China, for the Japanese market.

    Sold
  • Five dragon Canton tsuba logo

    Five dragon Canton tsuba

    Made in Canton, China, for the Japanese market.

    €350,-
  • Water caltrop Canton tsuba logo

    Water caltrop Canton tsuba

    Made in Canton, China, for the Japanese market.

    €400,-
  • Canton tsuba logo

    Facing dragon Canton tsuba

    Made in Canton, China, for the Japanese market.

    €400,-
  • Silver belt buckle in Qing style logo

    Pierced silver buckle

    Made of solid silver, in Qing court style. With 19th-century European import marks.

    Sold
  • Archaic Asian shortsword

    Archaic Chinese shortsword

    Probably of Chinese origin, resembling some of the earliest Japanese swords in existence.

    Price on request
  • Chinese stirrups

    Ming period stirrups

    Forged iron, swiveled stirrups with an entirely beaded frame and openwork platforms.

    €3000,-
  • Pelet repeating crossbow logo

    Repeating pellet crossbow stock

    A very rare variety of the Chinese repeating crossbow that shoots large pellets.

    Sold
  • Outstanding set of Chinese hudiedao / wudipdou / batjamdo logo

    Outstanding set of húdiédāo

    A set of the rarer long and wide variety with very well-carved hilts and good overall finish.

    €2800,-
  • Chinese jian

    Qing jiàn in later mounts

    Qing period blade in very nicely made early 20th century mounts.

    Sold
  • Southern Chinese hudiedao

    Southern Chinese húdiédāo set

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

    €1600,-

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