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  • Indian ganga-jamni kard logo

    Ganga Jamni decorated kard

    Ganga - Jamni refers to the rivers of the Ganges and Jamna. It was used to describe metalwork done in contrasting…

    Reserved
  • South Indian katar with yali logo

    Southern katar with yali langets

    Of a style often associated with Tanjore, the seat of the Vijayanagara empire.

    €1650,-
  • Southern katar

    Southern katar with thick point

    The blade with an extremely thick point on a very thin blade.

    Sold
  • Double bladed katar

    Double bladed katar

    Also called jamdhar doulicaneh. Forged from a single piece of steel, complete with scabbard.

    Sold
  • Northern wootz katar logo

    Northern wootz katar

    With different types of decor on either side of the hilt.

    Sold
  • Vijayanagara katar logo

    Vijayanagara hooded katar

    With crisp, extremely very well-preserved wootz blade.

    Sold
  • Slender chilanum dagger logo

    Slender chilanum dagger

    Of elegant form with very crisp blade.

    Sold
  • Sinhalese pihiya logo

    Sinhalese pihiya

    A beautiful black coral hilted example, made in the King's workshops.

    €1800,-
  • Vijayanagara hooded katar logo

    Vijayanagara katar

    A 16th hooded katar with the wide, ribbed blade that is characteristic for this period.

    Sold
  • Indian dagger

    A fine north Indian dagger

    Of jambiya form, with pattern welded blade and fine silver scabbard mounts.

    Sold
  • kirichchiya logo

    A Sinhalese kirichchiya

    A rare type of Sinhalese dagger with stylized bird hilt and blade with backedge.

    Reserved
  • Sinhalese coral hilted knife

    Sinhalese coral hilted knife

    Also known as piha-kaetta, this is more correctly a pihiya.

    Sold
  • Northern katar with southern design logo

    A northern katar in southern style

    Exhibiting southern style beaded edges with northern style construction and gold.

    Sold
  • 17th century chiseled iron katar logo

    South Indian chiseled iron katar

    A nice honest example of an early south Indian katar with great sculptural qualities.

    Sold
  • Fine piha-kaetta with velvet scabbard

    Fine piha kaetta with velvet scabbard

    A very fine example with beautifully chiseled silver pommel plate.

    Sold
  • Very good Sinhalese ul-pihiya

    A very good ul-pihiya

    A Sinhalese knife with lavish silver mounts and overlay.

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  • Sinhalese piha-kaetta logo

    A fine, heavy piha kaetta

    Of the chopper variety, with a finely carved ivory hilt.

    €1650,-
  • Sinhalese dagger logo

    Sinhalese kirichchiya

    With carved horn hilt and characteristic finger guard.

    €300,-
  • Sinhalese pihiya logo

    An early "piha-kaetta"

    Of nice quality, with unusual openwork silver bolster with serapendiya.

    €1500,-
  • Stone hilted pesh-kabz logo

    Stone-hilted pesh-kabz

    A very large example with a strongly reinforced tip and stone handle scales.

    Sold
  • North Indian katar with true inlay hilt

    A katar with true inlay decoration

    Late 17th century. With wootz blade and enamel chape.

    Sold
  • Sinhalese ul-pihiya

    Sinhalese ul-pihiya

    A rare example retaining its original silver covered scabbard.

    Sold
  • Ramree Veteran khukurī logo

    Ramree veteran khukurī

    Signed: Ricky Milnes, India 44, Burma 44, Ramree 45.

    €400,-
  • Signed Kothimora khukuri logo

    The khukri of Peter L. Achard

    Also known as kothimora khukuri, in a scabbard with repousse silver mounts.

    Sold
  • Early chilanum hilt logo

    Early chilanum hilt

    An old bronze hilt in the shape of chilanum hilts.

    Sold
  • Vijayanagara hooded katar logo

    Simple hooded katar

    Of a type that is strongly associated with the Vijayanagara empire.

    Sold
  • Fine deccan curved katar logo

    A fine curved Deccan katar

    With beautifully shaped blade and fine, elaborately chiseled hilt.

    Sold
  • Deccan curved katar logo

    A curved Deccan katar

    With elaborately pierced and chiseled hilt.

    Sold
  • Deccan chilanum logo

    A Deccan chilanum

    With wootz blade, and silver overlaid hilt that was finished with fire-gilding.

    Sold
  • early Bundi style katar logo

    Katar with complex ribbed blade

    A substantial example, of elegant form, with a complex grooved blade.

    Sold
  • South Indian stiletto dagger logo

    South Indian loop hilted dagger

    Introduction Indian loop hilted dagger are generally called bichuwa (बिछुवा )

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  • Simple Sinhalese pihiya

    A Sinhalese knife

    Rarely seen today, a commoner's example with carved, bone hilt.

    €300,-
  • Straight khanjarli

    Unusual khanjarli

    With straight blade and two opposing Yali chiseled out of the forte of the blade.

    Sold
  • Bundi katar

    A katar from Bundi

    The style typical for royal katar made under Maharao Ram Singh.

    Sold
  • Fine Deccan katar logo

    Silver inlaid Deccan katar

    An impressive example with true inlays in silver in the hilt.

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  • Katar logo

    18th century northern katar

    With high-contrast wootz blade and fine damascening in two tones of gold.

    Sold
  • Rajasthani boy's katar

    Golden damascened boy's katar

    A rare example with pattern welded blade, retaining its original scabbard.

    Sold
  • Khanjarli logo

    A South Indian khanjarli

    A fine, early example with silver-plated details.

    Sold
  • Child's katar

    Boy's katar

    A miniature piece meant for use by a small boy.

    Sold
  • Vijayanagara pata

    Vijayanagara "pata"

    A very early example of the type, with locally made rapier style blade.

    Sold
  • North Indian katar with tools

    North Indian katar with tools

    With a fine wootz blade with a pronounced center ridge.

    Sold
  • Ul pihiya logo

    Sinhalese knife and stylus

    Fitting in a single scabbard. Modest for Sinhalese work.

    Sold
  • Large piha-kaetta logo

    A large pihiya kättha

    A massive example weighing just over 800 grams. With scabbard.

    Sold
  • A silver pihiya

    Silver Sinhalese ul-pihiya

    A fine Kandyan knife, or ul-pihiya, probably mid 18th century.

    Sold
  • North indian katar

    Heavy Rajput katar

    A heavy Indian katar with substantial armor piercing blade.

    Sold
  • Chilanum dagger

    Chilanum dagger

    Somewhat worn but once very high-quality, with great sculptural qualities and remains of silver "true inlay".

    €2300,-
  • A small dagger from the Bikaner armory

    A Bikaner armory dagger

    A rare, early south Indian dagger with Bikaner armory markings

    Sold
  • 17th century katar with curved blade logo

    South Indian katar with curved blade

    A very crisp and complete example of its type.

    Sold
  • Bundi style katar

    A gilt katar with spiraled hilt

    In a style associated with Maharao Raja Ram Singh.

    Sold
  • Indian khanjarli logo

    A large and very good khanjarli

    With lunette pommel of ivory plates.

    Sold
  • Indian karud dagger

    A large Indian karud dagger

    Unusually large and with all-metal handle that opens with a screw.

    Sold
  • Bundi katar ex Figiel

    Golden Bundi style katar

    From the collection of Dr. Leo Figiel.

    Sold

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