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  • Chinese trousse set

    Trousse with "horse-tooth" blade

    Accomplished by bending the edge up and down alternately and polishing it smooth again.

    Sold
  • Antique Chinese repeating crossbow logo

    Chinese repeating crossbow

    Perhaps one of the most famous and long-lived of Chinese weapons.

    Sold
  • Aviz tsuba

    House of Aviz tsuba

    A Japanese sword guard with the cross of the House of Aviz.

    Sold
  • Yari logo

    An interesting Japanese yari

    Signed Yasutsugu, with sayagaki referring to the Tokugawa family.

    Sold
  • Qing liedao

    Large Chinese hunting knife

    With fine blade in recent polish. With resting scabbard.

    Sold
  • Burmese hilted wakizashi in Indian scabbard logo

    Wakizashi in Burmese hilt

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

    Sold
  • Southern Chinese saber marked H. Hunt 1876 logo

    Chinese military saber marked 1876

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

    €2250,-
  • Western Chinese dao logo

    An unusual minority dao

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

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  • Rare mongolian knife

    Rare iconographic Mongolian style knife

    Introduction Many Mongols, the Khalkas in particular, had close ties with the Manchu ru

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  • A southern dao logo

    Southern Chinese saber

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

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  • A Chinese executioners sword logo

    A Chinese headman's sword

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

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  • Chinese matchlock pistol logo

    Chinese matchlock pistol

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

    Sold
  • Longquan Qianzihao duanjian logo

    Longquan jiàn by Qian Zi Hao

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

    Sold
  •  Qing Bannerman's helmet logo

    Qing Bannerman's helmet

    Of a type worn among others by the Valiant Cavalry.

    Sold
  • Chinese saber logo

    Southern Chinese saber

    Introduction The yaodao, literally "waist saber" was the standard side-arm for

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  • Republican period jian logo

    Republican jian with etched blade

    Description A large and rather interesting Chinese jian dating from the Chines

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  • Qing quiver

    Antique Qing quiver

    A quiver of the late Qing dynasty.

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  • Antique Chinese saber with broad blade logo

    Broad 17th century Chinese saber

    Yet another type that I had not yet seen before.

    Sold
  • Slender Ainu makiri knife logo

    Bark wrapped Ainu makiri

    A slender makiri with a bark wrapped scabbard.

    Sold
  • 18th century Chinese saber logo

    18th century Chinese saber

    With fine blade, of liuyedao form with a gentle curvature.

    Sold
  • Republican period jian logo

    Republican period fighting jian

    A very nice and complete example, circa 1920's-30's.

    Sold
  • Heavy Manchu war or strength bow

    Heavy Manchu war or strength bow

    With an estimated draw weight of 160-200 pounds.

    Sold
  • Qianlong marked jian

    Chinese sword with Qianlong reign mark

    Often mistaken for true Qianlong work.

    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
  • Chaoyang saber logo

    Chinese saber of the Chaoyang army

    Late 18th century, complete with its original scabbard.

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  • Chinese jade hilted knife logo

    Chinese jade hilted knife

    With fine quality jade hilt and baitong mounted scabbard.

    Sold
  • Garlic bulb mace logo

    Chinese garlic mace

    Called suàntóu gǔduǒ in Mandarin, with characteristic brass head.

    Sold
  • 18th-century peidao in iron fangshi mounts

    Peidao in iron fangshi mounts

    Introduction The terms peidao or yaodao are synonyms that were in use

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  • Katana with horse themed koshirae logo

    Katana in horse theme koshirae

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

    Sold
  • Tibetan or Mongolian quiver logo

    Tibetan or Mongolian quiver

    Of an early type with dramatic widened shape.

    Sold
  • Mitsuhiro yari logo

    Yari with kusabi-hi

    Large Japanese spearhead with red lacquered zig-zag groove. Signed Mitsuhiro.

    Sold
  • Chinese jade bamboo hilt knife logo

    Jade bamboo hilted knife

    With spinach green jade handle and carved buffalo horn scabbard.

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  • Outstanding set of Chinese hudiedao / wudipdou / batjamdo logo

    Outstanding set of húdiédāo

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

    €2800,-
  • Hui dadao

    Chinese Hui sword

    A peculiar Chinese dadao with markings attributing it to a Hui army or battallion.

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  • Hudiedao with Tongsheng marking

    Signed húdiédāo set

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

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  • Ancient bronze Ba-Shu dagger logo

    Ancient Ba-Shu dagger

    From approximately the 5th to 3rd century B.C.

    Sold
  • Jumonji yari

    Jūmonji yari (hozon)

    A fine cross-shaped yari made by Enju Nobakatsu, with NBTHK Hozon papers.

    Sold
  • Tibetan style pierced iron pommel plate logo

    Tibetan style pierced saddle plate

    With designs of four dragons in scrollwork around a "wish-granting-jewel"

    Sold
  • Shimosaka o-tanto

    Shimosaka o-tantō

    N.B.T.H.K. Hozon with a set of Nanban-style koshirae with signed tsuba.

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  • Signed paidao

    Qing páidāo (shield knife)

    With Tongzhi reign marks, corresponding to the year 1863.

    €3000,-
  • Chinese stirrups

    Ming period stirrups

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

    €3000,-
  • Chinese openwork sword guard

    Southern Chinese openwork sword guard

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

    €3000,-
  • Korean helmet

    Imjin wars period helmet

    Description An early type of Korean soldier's helmet.

    Sold
  • Yi or lolo sword

    A Yi / Lolo sword

    Introduction The Yi or Nuosuo people are known as Lolo in early Western ethnographic wr

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  • Handled dagger

    Chinese jade handled dagger

    It has a solid pale green jade hilt that is fitted to a silver collar-piece.

    Sold
  • Large dadao logo

    An exceptionally large dadao

    With a wide clipped tip with notched upper edge.

    Sold
  • Chinese saber mounts

    Antique Chinese saber fittings

    Description An antique set of scabbard fittings for a Chinese saber, probably second ha

    Sold
  • Signed Chinese rattan shield

    Signed Chinese rattan shield

    This one has the early, peaked form and is signed by its maker.

    Sold
  • Otateage suneate with Dutch goudleer logo

    Suneate with Dutch leather

    A pair of Samurai shin protectors finished with Dutch "goudleer".

    Sold
  • Finely carved makiri dagger

    Fine Ainu makiri

    An exceptionally well-carved Ainu knife.

    Sold
  • Unusual Ainu knife

    Unusual Ainu knife

    Resembling a makiri but with the blade's edge on the opposite side.

    Sold
  • Chinese scholar's sword

    A Chinese scholar's sword

    Introduction The Chinese straightsword or jiàn (劍) was traditi

    Sold

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