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A large Qing dàdāo

Large and heavy example with the notable Umlauff provenance.

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Pair of fine Yunnan knives

Carrying Chinese silver marks on their scabbard mounts.

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Large Qing military sword

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

€2200,-
Southern Chinese openwork sword guard

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

€3000,-
Assymetric dragon tsuba

Chinese work for the Japanese market.

€800,-
Canton tsuba with 28 "jewels"

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

€1500,-
Early Canton tsuba

Made in Canton, China, for the Japanese market.

€500,-
Lobed Canton tsuba

Made in Canton, China, for the Japanese market.

€400,-
Canton tsuba with ship

Made in Canton, China, for the Japanese market.

€300,-
Five dragon Canton tsuba

Made in Canton, China, for the Japanese market.

€350,-
Water caltrop Canton tsuba

Made in Canton, China, for the Japanese market.

€400,-
Facing dragon Canton tsuba

Made in Canton, China, for the Japanese market.

€400,-
Archaic Chinese shortsword

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

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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,-
Qing jiàn in later mounts

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

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Southern Chinese húdiédāo set

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

€1600,-
Chinese military saber marked 1876

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

€2250,-
Chinese village dāo

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

€450,-
Qing páidāo (shield knife)

With Tongzhi reign marks, corresponding to the year 1863.

€3000,-
Late Qing tuánliàn jiàn

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

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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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Southern Bannermen Hǔyádāo

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

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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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Silver overlaid pèidāo

A Qing officer saber with silver overlay on the blade.

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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,-
Yagami school nanban tsuba

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

€1800,-
Enamelled Hirado Kunishige tsuba

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

€1800,-
Yidao guard

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

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Katana in horse theme koshirae

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

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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,-
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.

€13500,-
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.

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Winged dragon tsuba

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

€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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Fine Kinai dragon tsuba

Made by the Kinai group of Echizen, who originated as horimono carvers.

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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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