Tibetan style pierced saddle plate
With designs of four dragons in scrollwork around a "wish-granting-jewel"
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17th century armored vest
An extremely rare sleeveless vest from the Ming-Qing transition period.
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Fangshi officer's saber
With a good blade and a set of fittings that exceed the quality of most of this period.
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Chinese Shan presentation dha
Presented by the local Dai nobility to a British customs officer in 1936.
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Vintage Korean archery set
Comprising of a bow, arrows, and string sent to the U.S.A. in 1964 plus an associated quiver.
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Large Southern Chinese saber
Built around a beautifully forged blade, in full polish, revealing a burl grain pattern.
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An antique chángdāo
Its large blade is of ridged cross-section, inspired by the Japanese design.
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Early Chinese duǎndāo
With rare downward curving grip as seen on artwork of the 17th and 18th centuries.
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A rare Jinchuan sword
A royal sword, probably from the Wasi kingdom in present-day Sichuan province.
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A 17th century Manchu saber
A massive 17th century saber blade with markings in Manchu and Chinese.
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Antique wide bladed hudiedao
Introduction The hudiedao (蝴蝶刀), are a type of double swords peculiar to t
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Village militia dadao
Description A large Chinese double handed falchion of a form that is both related to th
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A Yi / Lolo sword
Introduction The Yi or Nuosuo people are known as Lolo in early Western ethnographic wr
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Taiwanese aboriginal Rukai knife
A fine example with mother-or-pearl decorated hilt and scabbard.
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Chinese jade handled dagger
It has a solid pale green jade hilt that is fitted to a silver collar-piece.
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Chinese double shortswords
A good set of the first half of the 19th century, with large and rather heavy forge folded blades.
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Antique Chinese saber fittings
Description An antique set of scabbard fittings for a Chinese saber, probably second ha
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Rare iconographic Mongolian style knife
Introduction Many Mongols, the Khalkas in particular, had close ties with the Manchu ru
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Classic Choshu ship tsuba
The work nice and crisp, the execution has a naturalistic charm to it.
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Antique Chinese jian
A fine Chinese straightsword blade, of typical Qing form with a rather wide profile.
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Republican jian with etched blade
Description A large and rather interesting Chinese jian dating from the Chines
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Late Qing southern saber
With differential heat-treatment, creating a cloudy crystalline effect along the edge.
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Republican duanjian with good blade
Description An unusual piece: Jian with these mountings are usually of the long type, o
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"Love of Lotus" Korean guard
Description Korean ceremonial sabers of the Joseon dynasty are pretty
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Ezo style tsuba
Introduction What are today known as "Ezo fittings" are a style of Japanese sword mount
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A Japanese nanban style tsuba
Description An interesting little sword guard, of fairly simple form w
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Chinese openwork (loukong) saber guard
The archetypical Chinese sword guard of the 17th century.
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Korean ceremonial saber
Of a type referred to as byeolungeom, "sword used by king’s guard officials".
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Antique Chinese bronze mace
Introduction Chinese civilian martial artists used a wide variety of weapons.
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Taiwanese Aboriginal Pingpu knife
Introduction The Island of Taiwan was briefly under Dutch colonial rule in the 17th cen
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Chinese trousse with inlaid iron mounts
Background Sets with a knife and chopsticks -and sometimes some other utensils- were co
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Qing dynasty hunter's powder flask
Introduction The elite of the Qing dynasty was Manchu, who before taking over China fro
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