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Enamelled Hirado Kunishige tsuba

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

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Yagami school nanban tsuba

A masterpiece of the genre. The Yagami school were excellent carvers of iron.

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Very good hachiwari

Literally "skull splitter", more widely known as kabutowari; "helmet splitter." An excellent example, one of the best…

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Bali buntel mayat keris

Bali keris with fine slanted wrapped pamor, considered to be one of the most powerful pamor.

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Bali straight keris

With fine flaming pamor blade and notched "cekah redut" hilt.

€2000,-
Rare imperial xièzhì decorated quiver

Xièzhì are mythical animals and were the emblem of the Qing censorate.

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A plain dha

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

€450,-
Plain dha with baldric

Nice plain dha as used in Yunnan, Burma, and northern Thailand. Complete with baldric.

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Burmese dha with interesting blade

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

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Heavy dha

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

€600,-
Mindan dha

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

€1200,-
Silver mounted dha

With entirely silver covered hilt and silver mounts on scabbard.

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Mindan Ramayana dha

Fine Mindan dha with a scene from the Ramayana on its blade.

€2000,-
Very good Mindan dha

With silver overlay on iron even continued on its hilt.

€2500,-
Japanese inspired Asian sword

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

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Jumonji yari by Kanabō Masazane

Made in the 16th century, for the warrior monks of the Hozo-in temple in Nara.

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Silver overlaid pèidāo

A Qing officer saber with silver overlay on the blade.

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Katakiriha zukuri naginata by Masatsune

Considered one of the best makers of naginata, he worked for the household of Fukushima Masanori.

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17th century Vietnamese lance

With a black and gold metal sleeve, often called "sawasa".

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Old Hanuman keris holder

A charming Balinese keris holder in the form of Hanuman, the brave monkey king.

€8500,-
Solo court keris

With raised gold overlay and gilt-enamel

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Fine autumn themed daishō

Both blades signed, its koshirae fine maki-e lacquer work. Ito school tsuba and Mino Gotō style mounts.

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Echizen Kanesada in striking koshirae

Blade with fine dragon horimono. The mounts signed Sōmin and Masatatsu.

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Southern Bannermen Hǔyádāo

A pair, both with Banner markings, one Manchu and one Hanjun.

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Large Ming tuánliàn jiàn

A large piece dating from the Ming-Qing transition period of the 17th century.

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Late Qing tuánliàn jiàn

Long yet light, with unusual flower-shaped iron guard.

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Chinese jade hilted knife

With fine quality jade hilt and baitong mounted scabbard.

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Qing páidāo (shield knife)

With Tongzhi reign marks, corresponding to the year 1863.

€3000,-
Chinese village dāo

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

€450,-
Ceremonial arrowhead

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

€400,-
Chinese military saber marked 1876

Southern Chinese officer style saber with later inscription H.Hunt 1876.

€2250,-
Chinese matchlock pistol

The first of its kind I've ever seen on the market.

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Southern Chinese húdiédāo set

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

€1600,-
Qing jiàn in later mounts

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

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Outstanding set of húdiédāo

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

€2800,-
Repeating pellet crossbow stock

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

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Ming period stirrups

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

€3000,-
Colonial revolving matchlock gun

With five chamber canister. The whole in silver gilt overlay with Vietnamese decorative elements.

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Archaic Chinese shortsword

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

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Pierced silver buckle

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

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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,-
Five dragon Canton tsuba

Made in Canton, China, for the Japanese market.

€350,-
Canton tsuba with ship

Made in Canton, China, for the Japanese market.

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Lobed Canton tsuba

Made in Canton, China, for the Japanese market.

€400,-
Early Canton tsuba

Made in Canton, China, for the Japanese market.

€500,-
Canton tsuba with 28 "jewels"

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

€1500,-
Assymetric dragon tsuba

Chinese work for the Japanese market.

€800,-
Southern Chinese openwork sword guard

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

€3000,-
Large Qing military sword

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

€2200,-
Pair of fine Yunnan knives

Carrying Chinese silver marks on their scabbard mounts.

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Inlaid lacquer trousse set

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

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