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Fine Burmese silver sword scabbard

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

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Winged dragon tsuba

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

€3200,-
Balinese keris of Ferdinand Blok

The 9-luk blade of strong proportions is engraved with the face of a demon.

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Gilt duanjian with foreign blade

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

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Khmer dagger

A rare thousand-year-old dagger from the Khmer empire.

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Chinese tiger shield

A large Chinese rattan shield called tengpai, used by special front-line troops.

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Korean horn bow set

An old Korean hornbow from the 50s or 60s with string and arrows.

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Korean bowcase & quiver

A very rare matching set of Korean bowcase and quiver.

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Group of arms from Tonkin

Probably from the French Tonkin campaign of the 1880s.

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Qing twistcore peidao

A fine twistcore blade in standard pattern Qing military mounts.

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Hudiedao set with scabbard

Classic pair of Southern Chinese butterfly swords.

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Slender hudiedao pair

A classic example of the narrow military type, with brass guards.

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North Nias si euli

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

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Fine Ainu makiri

An exceptionally well-carved Ainu knife.

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Bark wrapped Ainu makiri

A slender makiri with a bark wrapped scabbard.

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Ainu knife

Of a typical style used in Hokkaido in the 19th century.

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Unusual Ainu knife

Resembling a makiri but with the blade's edge on the opposite side.

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Rare Ainu kuttom-ushbe

A luxury Ainu knife styled after the Japanese tantō.

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Ainu sword with sash

With deeply carved scabbard, complete with fine guard embroidered sash.

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Later South Nias belatu

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

€900,-
South Nias gari matuwà

A nice belatu with the rarer gari matuwà style blade.

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Batad Ifugao hinālung

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

€700,-
Southeast Asian sword club

This enigmatic hardwood club is modeled after a sword.

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Mongol conquest period quiver

Carbon dated to 1175-1275 A.D. with 95,4% certainty, the height of the Mongol conquest period.

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Sōshū sword with tachi koshirae

Tokubetsu Hozon, attributed to Den Tametsugu. With fine itomaki no tachi koshirae.

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Chinese demon head saber

Based on a Chinese military saber blade, with unusual horn demon hilt

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Chinese fighting carrying pole

A heavily executed Chinese carrying pole that was used as a weapon.

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Cambodian long saber

Sized like the Chinese changren dadao, yet the execution of the hilt is Cambodian.

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Longquan jiàn by Qian Zi Hao

A Chinese shortsword made by a well-known Longquan maker.

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Chinese tiěbiān mace

A Chinese "sword breaker" with the rarer, bamboo-sectioned rod.

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Chinese ring pommeled knife

Of a type used by bandits, brigands, pirates, and the like.

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Katana by Musashi Taro Yasukuni

Signed, ubu. Complete with tasteful koshirae and Hozon papers.

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Jumyo katana with fine koshirae

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

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Unusual South Nias sword

Of rather clean design for the area, with separate silver mouth with teeth in hilt.

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Silver hilted keris coteng

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

€3200,-
Important Ko-Hōki Sadatsuna katana

12th-century blade. 33rd Shinsha Juyō Token with sayagaki by Tanobe.

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Parang latok

A curious slashing weapon from northern Borneo.

€2800,-
Dha with story of Maung Tin

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

€4000,-
Jade bamboo hilted knife

With spinach green jade handle and carved buffalo horn scabbard.

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Qing peidao with gold grooves

With fine 18th century blade that combines many stylistic features.

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Tongzhou incident 29th army dàdāo

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

€6500,-
Very fine Mindan dha

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

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Northern Wei shaffron

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

€18000,-
Shimosaka o-tantō

N.B.T.H.K. Hozon with a set of Nanban-style koshirae with signed tsuba.

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Han Plain Red Banner saber

Southern Chinese saber made for a soldier under the Plain Red Banner.

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Three wise monkeys tsuba

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

€1500,-
Katana in horse theme koshirae

Blade signed Sesshū-jū Fujiwara Hiroyoshi, active in the 1670s-80s.

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Vietnamese shortsword

A short version of the Vietnamese kiếm sword with a finely carved horn hilt.

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A fine Korean eunjangdo

With all silver construction, including the blade.

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Vietnamese wooden shield

Rare type of rectangular wooden shield from Vietnam.

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Yidao guard

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

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European sword blade keris

In the style of a Malay keris panjang.

€1750,-