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Plain dha with baldric

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

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A plain dha

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

€450,-
Katana in horse theme koshirae

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

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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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Tongzhou incident 29th army dàdāo

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

€6500,-
Qing peidao with gold grooves

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

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Important Ko-Hōki Sadatsuna katana

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

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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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Katana by Musashi Taro Yasukuni

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

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Longquan jiàn by Qian Zi Hao

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

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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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Chinese demon head saber

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

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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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Ainu sword with sash

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

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Slender hudiedao pair

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

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Hudiedao set with scabbard

Classic pair of Southern Chinese butterfly swords.

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Qing twistcore peidao

A fine twistcore blade in standard pattern Qing military mounts.

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Gilt duanjian with foreign blade

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

€3200,-
Kunikiyo wakizashi, Yamano test cut

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

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Sukesada uchigatana made August 1523

With a sayagaki by Honma sensei attributing it to Yosozaemon.

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Handachi mounted wakizashi

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

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Large Chinese hunting knife

With fine blade in recent polish. With resting scabbard.

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Good late Qing Longquan jian

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

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Eastern Tibetan or Yunnan zhibeidao

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

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Tibetan shortsword with pierced mounts

With characteristic pointy hairpin forged blade.

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The saber of Manchu Wu Songlu

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

€1900,-
A large Qing dàdāo

Large and heavy example with the notable Umlauff provenance.

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Jīnchuān shortsword

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

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Jūn Huǒ Jú-made shuāng shǒudāo

Produced in the ordnance factory in Zengbu, near Guangzhou.

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Jūn Huǒ Jú-made saber

Produced in the ordnance factory in Zengbu, near Guangzhou.

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Chinese medium size jian

A heavy piece with a substantial blade, with smooth bronze 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 paired shortswords

Cantonese double swords with archaic dragon design mounts.

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Early Chinese shortsword

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

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Shuāngjiàn with carved scabbard

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

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Unusual Chinese saber

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

€750,-
Large Atayal lalaw sword

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

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Ainu sword in Japanese polish

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

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Signed húdiédāo set

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

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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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A Chinese headman's sword

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

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Qing fangshi soldier's saber

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

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Wakizashi in Burmese hilt

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

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Unusual Taiwanese sword

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

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Very good hudiedao set

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

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An unusual minority dao

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

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A fine late Qing jian

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

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Cantonese saber

With brass mounts and ray skin covered scabbard.

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Southern Chinese saber

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

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An early form niúwěidāo

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

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Fine Chinese Shan dha

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

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Late Qing jian

A typical example, complete with lacquered scabbard.

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