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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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House of Aviz tsuba

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

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An interesting Japanese yari

Signed Yasutsugu, with sayagaki referring to the Tokugawa family.

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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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Village militia dadao

Description A large Chinese double handed falchion of a form that is both related to th

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Qing archer's belt

Made of heavy silk with gilt copper alloy mounts.

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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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Mongolian target quiver

Combining surplus Qing mounts with Mongol leatherwork.

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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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Ming militia sword

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

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A very rare Japanese knife

With a blade with a concave edge, in stained deerhorn mounts with fine silver wire inlays.

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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,-
Handachi mounted wakizashi

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

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Hudiedao set with scabbard

Classic pair of Southern Chinese butterfly swords.

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Chinese tiěbiān mace

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

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Enamelled Hirado Kunishige tsuba

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

€1800,-
Yagami school nanban tsuba

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

€1800,-
Late Qing jian

A typical example, complete with lacquered scabbard.

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Slender hudiedao pair

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

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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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A good pair of butterfly swords

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

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Fine Chinese Shan dha

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

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Southern Chinese yǎnyuèdāo

A large and impressive blade, its pole cut-down.

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Jūn Huǒ Jú-made saber

Produced in the ordnance factory in Zengbu, near Guangzhou.

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Southern Chinese húdiédāo set

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

€1600,-
Antique wide bladed hudiedao

Introduction The hudiedao (蝴蝶刀), are a type of double swords peculiar to t

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A Korean sword guard

Adjusted for use on a Japanese sword.

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A fine Korean eunjangdo

With all silver construction, including the blade.

€1600,-
An early form niúwěidāo

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

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A fine Yunnan Dai dagger

With characteristic bulb pommel and silver plating on hilt and scabbard.

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A large Qing dàdāo

Large and heavy example with the notable Umlauff provenance.

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Ainu knife

Of a typical style used in Hokkaido in the 19th century.

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A wide Chinese fighting knife

With the relatively rare feature of a raised backedge.

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Hudiedao set

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

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Kusari katabira zukin

Japanese mail set, with small ring vest and coif sewn to a thick cotton undergarment.

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Bow by Yang Wentong

One of the last bows by Yang Wentong, father of Yang Fuxi.

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Tibetan shortsword with pierced mounts

With characteristic pointy hairpin forged blade.

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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,-
Canton tsuba with 28 "jewels"

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

€1500,-
The Demon Repeller - Talisman sword

Introduction The Chinese straightsword or jian (劍) was th

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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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A Japanese kusarigama

The Japanese kusarigama is a variation of the gama, a scythe-like weapon that

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Cantonese saber

With brass mounts and ray skin covered scabbard.

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Qing openwork saber guard

A very rare Chinese saber guard dating from the height of the Qing dynasty.

€1500,-
Ainu sword hilt

Made of wood, with a silver ornamental fitting of remarkable workmanship.

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Pōdāo with dragon tūnkǒu

With a large iron guard and hard wooden shaft.

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A Chinese hook sword

A rather well-made example of its type.

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Late Qing tuánliàn jiàn

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

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