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A Chinese scholar's sword

Introduction The Chinese straightsword or jiàn (劍) was traditi

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Shimosaka o-tantō

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

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Jūmonji yari (hozon)

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

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Tibetan style pierced saddle plate

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

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Ancient Ba-Shu dagger

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

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Signed húdiédāo set

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

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Jade bamboo hilted knife

With spinach green jade handle and carved buffalo horn scabbard.

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Chinese Hui sword

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

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Tibetan or Mongolian quiver

Of an early type with dramatic widened shape.

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Yari with kusabi-hi

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

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Katana in horse theme koshirae

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

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Peidao in iron fangshi mounts

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

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Chinese garlic mace

Called suàntóu gǔduǒ in Mandarin, with characteristic brass head.

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Chinese saber of the Chaoyang army

Late 18th century, complete with its original scabbard.

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Bark wrapped Ainu makiri

A slender makiri with a bark wrapped scabbard.

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18th century Chinese saber

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

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Longquan jiàn by Qian Zi Hao

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

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Southern Chinese saber

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

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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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Antique Qing quiver

A quiver of the late Qing dynasty.

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Heavy Manchu war or strength bow

With an estimated draw weight of 160-200 pounds.

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Qing Bannerman's helmet

Of a type worn among others by the Valiant Cavalry.

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Republican period fighting jian

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

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Broad 17th century Chinese saber

Yet another type that I had not yet seen before.

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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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Chinese sword with Qianlong reign mark

Often mistaken for true Qianlong work.

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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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A Chinese headman's sword

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

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Southern Chinese saber

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

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An unusual minority dao

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

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House of Aviz tsuba

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

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Trousse with "horse-tooth" blade

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

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Chinese repeating crossbow

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

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Large Chinese hunting knife

With fine blade in recent polish. With resting scabbard.

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Wakizashi in Burmese hilt

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

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An interesting Japanese yari

Signed Yasutsugu, with sayagaki referring to the Tokugawa family.

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Qing archer's belt

Made of heavy silk with gilt copper alloy mounts.

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Ming militia sword

An honest, unpretentious fighting weapon of the Ming-Qing period.

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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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Chinese medium size jian

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

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Jūn Huǒ Jú-made shuāng shǒudāo

Produced in the ordnance factory in Zengbu, near Guangzhou.

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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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Mongolian target quiver

Combining surplus Qing mounts with Mongol leatherwork.

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Chinese lòukōng sword guard

The archetypical Chinese sword guard that gave rise to the Japanese genre of "nanban tsuba".

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Hudiedao set with scabbard

Classic pair of Southern Chinese butterfly swords.

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Handachi mounted wakizashi

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

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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,-
Slender hudiedao pair

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

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Chinese tiěbiān mace

A Chinese "sword breaker" with the rarer, bamboo-sectioned rod.

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A good pair of butterfly swords

Introduction The hudiedao (蝴蝶刀), are a type of double swords p

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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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Enamelled Hirado Kunishige tsuba

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

€1800,-