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Lóngquán Daoist shuāngjiàn

A very good set of Daoist straightswords in a single scabbard. There is a lot to see here, but I will start with the…

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Signed húdiédāo set

Of military style with long, narrow blades and ribbed hardwood grips.

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Liuyedao with very good blade

DescriptionThis Chinese liǔyèdāo is an excellent example of Chinese bladesmithi

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Wavy Chinese spearhead

Of a rarer form, often used for ceremonial pole-arms.

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Golden inlaid Korean jangdo

Made of blackened copper-gold alloy, finely inlaid with poems in pure gold.

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Javanese gold overlaid spear blade

Once part of a trisula, made on Java in the 17th century.

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A fine Yunnan Dai dagger

With characteristic bulb pommel and silver plating on hilt and scabbard.

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Balinese keris

A classic example with an older blade and timaha wood scabbard.

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Sikin panjang with golden crown

In original condition and period finish. Some losses, no repairs.

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Igorot headhunter javelin

With exceptionally wide blade, forged with a hardened leading edge.

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Toba Batak sword

With cast-bronze guarding figure hilt.

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Mongolian target quiver

Combining surplus Qing mounts with Mongol leatherwork.

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A Karo Batak kalasan sword

An almost textbook example of a silver-plated kalasan.

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A fine Philippine bolo

The blade inlaid with brass, complete with a horn scabbard with pierced decoration.

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Acehnese peudeueng

With Hindu style basket hilt and local blade in European style.

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Balinese spearhead with scabbard

With fine twist-core pamor and carved wooden scabbard.

€1800,-
Old Madura keris

With carved wooden hilt with a beautiful deep patina. Blade in old finish.

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Fine Tibetan gem studded dagger

A very rare type of dagger that originates from the borderlands of Eastern Tibet and Sichuan.

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Paiwan tjakit with provenance

It was collected by Laurens Langewis, an early 20th-century ethnographer and author.

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Ceremonial Moro kalis

Measuring almost a meter, with exceptional blade for a ceremonial keris.

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An excavated dha sword

With heavy blade and copper alloy hilt and lobed guard.

€700,-
Ainu sword in Japanese polish

Exceedingly rare Ainu sword. Comes in an old Japanese collection box.

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Ainu sword hilt

Made of wood, with a silver ornamental fitting of remarkable workmanship.

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Large Atayal lalaw sword

A particularly nice example with 120 iron bands holding the blade.

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The Wiasemsky Montagnard dha

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

€1800,-
Nanban kogai & kozuka set (futakoromono)

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

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An old dha (carbon 14 dated)

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

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SE Asian dha (carbon 14 dated)

In excavated condition. With XRF and radiocarbon dating results.

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Unusual Chinese saber

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

€750,-
Indonesian cockfighting spurs in box

Weapons not for man, but for an unfortunate rooster. Retired, in a hardwood box.

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Cast iron compass rose guard

A peculiar cast iron sword guard, probably from the South China Seas area.

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Rooster fight kozuka

Executed in gold and silver on a shakudō nanako base, with golden back.

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Shuāngjiàn with carved scabbard

A paired jian of fushou type, with carved hardwood scabbard.

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Early Chinese shortsword

A classic duanjian, but of somewhat earlier manufacture than most.

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Chinese paired shortswords

Cantonese double swords with archaic dragon design mounts.

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Double shortswords with belt hook

A classic set of Chinese double swords, complete with suspension and hook.

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Chinese medium size jian

A heavy piece with a substantial blade, with smooth bronze mounts.

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A streaked lin gin

These ornate versions with hairpin forged blades were worn by local royalty.

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A Murut parapat

The sword of the Murut headhunters of northern Borneo.

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Jūn Huǒ Jú-made saber

Produced in the ordnance factory in Zengbu, near Guangzhou.

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Jūn Huǒ Jú-made shuāng shǒudāo

Produced in the ordnance factory in Zengbu, near Guangzhou.

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Chinese garlic mace

Called suàntóu gǔduǒ in Mandarin, with characteristic brass head.

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Chinese crescent tipped maces

A highly unusual set of paired maces with crescent tips.

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Pōdāo with dragon tūnkǒu

With a large iron guard and hard wooden shaft.

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Jīnchuān shortsword

Jinchuan aborigines sword, the Qianlong emperor's name for this type of sword.

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A Padri carbine

An unusual variety, shortened to carbine size, with a chicken wing wood stock.

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Fine Peranakan belt buckle

This style was produced in Tangerang, just West of Batavia, now Jakarta.

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Very good sikin panjang

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

€2200,-
Dayak carved ceremonial paddle

A fine ceremonial paddle of the Ngaju Dayak of southern Borneo.

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Chin nicotine flask

A very rare flask used by Chin men of Burma for sipping nicotine water.

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Wan-gata tsuba by Kunihiro

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

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Palembang twist-core pedang

A Palembang style sword with a fine twist-core blade and carved hardwood scabbard.

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