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  • Plain dha with baldric logo

    Plain dha with baldric

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

    Sold
  • A plain dha

    A plain dha

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

    €450,-
  • Katana with horse themed koshirae logo

    Katana in horse theme koshirae

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

    Sold
  • Han Plain Red Banner saber

    Han Plain Red Banner saber

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

    Sold
  • Tongzhou incident dadao logo

    Tongzhou incident 29th army dàdāo

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

    €6500,-
  • Golden groove peidao logo

    Qing peidao with gold grooves

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

    Sold
  • Important Juyo Ko-Hoki Sadatsuna logo

    Important Ko-Hōki Sadatsuna katana

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

    Gallery
  • Jumyo katana logo

    Jumyo katana with fine koshirae

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

    Price on request
  • Musashi Taro Yasukuni katana logo

    Katana by Musashi Taro Yasukuni

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

    Sold
  • Longquan Qianzihao duanjian logo

    Longquan jiàn by Qian Zi Hao

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

    Sold
  • Cambodian long saber logo

    Cambodian long saber

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

    Sold
  • Chinese demon head saber

    Chinese demon head saber

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

    Sold
  • Tametsugu logo

    Sōshū sword with tachi koshirae

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

    Sold
  • Ainu emushi sword with sash

    Ainu sword with sash

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

    Gallery
  • Slender set of 19th century military hudiedao

    Slender hudiedao pair

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

    Sold
  • Hudiedao

    Hudiedao set with scabbard

    Classic pair of Southern Chinese butterfly swords.

    Sold
  • Twistcore peidao logo

    Qing twistcore peidao

    A fine twistcore blade in standard pattern Qing military mounts.

    Sold
  • Fine gilt duanjian overall

    Gilt duanjian with foreign blade

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

    €3200,-
  • Kunikiyo wakizashi with horimono tested by Yamano 2 body cut

    Kunikiyo wakizashi, Yamano test cut

    A wakizashi by master Kunikiyo, tested by the most famous sword tester of 17th century Japan.

    Sold
  • Sukesada

    Sukesada uchigatana made August 1523

    With a sayagaki by Honma sensei attributing it to Yosozaemon.

    Sold
  • Handachi wakizashi

    Handachi mounted wakizashi

    With Nanban-style guard and kozuka. Signed Fujiwara Hisayoshi.

    Sold
  • Qing liedao

    Large Chinese hunting knife

    With fine blade in recent polish. With resting scabbard.

    Sold
  • Longquan jian logo

    Good late Qing Longquan jian

    With bat-shaped guard. A very high-quality example for the time period.

    Sold
  • An Eastern Tibetan dpa'dam logo

    Eastern Tibetan or Yunnan zhibeidao

    A simple piece, but with a nicely etched blade typical for the Tibetan / Sichuan borderlands.

    Sold
  • Tibetan pierced iron shortsword logo

    Tibetan shortsword with pierced mounts

    With characteristic pointy hairpin forged blade.

    Sold
  • Qing military saber with Manchu label logo

    The saber of Manchu Wu Songlu

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

    €1900,-
  • Qing dynasty dadao logo

    A large Qing dàdāo

    Large and heavy example with the notable Umlauff provenance.

    Reserved
  • Jinchuan Fanjian logo

    Jīnchuān shortsword

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

    Gallery
  • Jun Huo Ju Shuangshoudao logo

    Jūn Huǒ Jú-made shuāng shǒudāo

    Produced in the ordnance factory in Zengbu, near Guangzhou.

    Sold
  • Jun Huo Ju saber logo

    Jūn Huǒ Jú-made saber

    Produced in the ordnance factory in Zengbu, near Guangzhou.

    Sold
  • Medium length Chinese straightsword jian logo

    Chinese medium size jian

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

    Sold
  • Chinese double swords with hook

    Double shortswords with belt hook

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

    Sold
  • Kuiwen shuang duanjian logo

    Chinese paired shortswords

    Cantonese double swords with archaic dragon design mounts.

    Sold
  • Early duanjian logo

    Early Chinese shortsword

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

    Sold
  • Carved scabbard shuangjian logo

    Shuāngjiàn with carved scabbard

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

    Sold
  • Unusual Chinese saber with figure head pommel logo

    Unusual Chinese saber

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

    €750,-
  • Lalaw sword logo

    Large Atayal lalaw sword

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

    Sold
  • Ainu sword logo

    Ainu sword in Japanese polish

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

    Gallery
  • Hudiedao with Tongsheng marking

    Signed húdiédāo set

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

    Gallery
  • Daoist shuangjian

    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…

    Sold
  • A Chinese executioners sword logo

    A Chinese headman's sword

    Of rare form with short but very heavy double-edged blade.

    Sold
  • 19th century Qing fangshi peidao logo

    Qing fangshi soldier's saber

    A rare surviving example of the simple military version of this style.

    Sold
  • Burmese hilted wakizashi in Indian scabbard logo

    Wakizashi in Burmese hilt

    An unusual cross-cultural mix, blending Burmese, Japanese and Indian parts.

    Sold
  • Unusual Taiwanese sword logo

    Unusual Taiwanese sword

    With a straight blade of asymmetrical grind and a strongly Chinese inspired scabbard.

    Sold
  • Hudiedao logo

    Very good hudiedao set

    With fine carved hilts, substantial bronze D-guards, and subtle signs of heat treatment on the blades.

    Sold
  • Western Chinese dao logo

    An unusual minority dao

    The wide blade with clipped tip mounted on a riveted wooden grip.

    Sold
  • Late Qing jian logo

    A fine late Qing jian

    A step above the norm in quality for this period, with nicely pierced mounts.

    Sold
  • Cantonese saber logo

    Cantonese saber

    With brass mounts and ray skin covered scabbard.

    Sold
  • A southern dao logo

    Southern Chinese saber

    Of typical southern form with a very slender, pointy blade.

    Sold
  • Niuweidao logo

    An early form niúwěidāo

    With good, layered blade, mounted in forged iron mounts.

    Sold
  • Dai dha overall

    Fine Chinese Shan dha

    Entirely clad in silver and with a differentially heat treated blade.

    Sold
  • Late Qing jian

    Late Qing jian

    A typical example, complete with lacquered scabbard.

    Sold

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