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  • Malabar coast Moplah sword logo

    Malabar coast Moplah sword

    A fine and somewhat unusual specimen, with engraved brass mounts and hardwood grip.

    €3300,-
  • Punjab koftgari lockbox logo

    Punjabi koftgari lockbox

    Iron lockbox with key, decorated with the gold koftgari normally seen on arms.

    Sold
  • Milam sword of the Garo people of Assam

    A milam of the Garo

    This peculiar sword was used by the Garo people of Assam for fighting, clearing the jungle, and animal sacrifices.

    €1800,-
  • Khasi dao

    A Khasi dao

    These mysterious weapons were already obsolete when the first ethnographers encountered them.

    €3200,-
  • Bikaner lance

    Bikaner lance head

    With square cross-section point and several Bikaner armory markings.

    Sold
  • Goat hilted Khyber sword logo

    Goat hilted Khyber sword

    With gold plated hilt and pattern welded blade.

    €3300,-
  • Pata with Solingen blade

    Solingen blade with pata hilt

    Indian gauntlet sword with German blade made in Solingen.

    Sold
  • Chakram logo

    Heavy Sikh chakram

    Traditionally associated with Vishnu, it was an essential piece of equipment for the Sikh nihang.

    Sold
  • Rajput sosun pattah

    Rajput sosun pattah

    With wootz blade, Marwari style hilt, and its original red velvet scabbard.

    Sold
  • Sosun pattah

    Sosun Pattah

    With Persian wootz blade, engraved at forte with floral designs.

    Sold
  • Kutch pattern welded Shamshir made for Benson

    Kutch shamshir for Benson

    Blade of Persian shamshir form, but of Indian make. Mounts in Kutch style gilt copper.

    €5200,-
  • Marwar talwar presented to Mohta Bakhtawar Singh logo

    Talwar of Mohta Bakhtawar Singh

    A fine Marwari talwar presented to the Dewan (chief minister) of Bikaner in 1756 A.D.

    Sold
  • Vijayanagara hooded katar logo

    Vijayanagara katar

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

    Sold
  • Nayar sword logo

    Nayar ritual sword

    An unusually ornate iteration of the design, intended for Hindu ceremonies.

    Sold
  • 16th century pattissa logo

    South Indian pattissa

    An early example, late Vijayanagara empire, with a fine wootz spatulate blade.

    Sold
  • Boy's brass hilted pata

    Boy's brass hilted patá

    With charming zoomorphic gauntlet with feline head.

    €2200,-
  • Indian spearheads and spear butt logo

    Indian spearheads and butt

    A set for the beginning collector.

    Sold
  • Indian khanda with etched blade

    Khanda with etched blade

    A 19th-century type with an etched blade, simulating patterned steel.

    €3500,-
  • Indian dagger

    A fine north Indian dagger

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

    €3600,-
  • Indian madu parrying weapon

    Indian madu parrying weapon

    Made with two antelope horns and an iron shield.

    €800,-
  • Tiger stripe talwar

    Talwar with wootz hilt and blade

    With Persian style blade, showing Indian workmanship.

    €3300,-
  • Talwar hilt logo

    Silver overlaid talwar hilt

    Never mounted, still with the shop's wooden stopper.

    Sold
  • Very fine Khond axe logo

    A remarkable Khond axe

    The best of its kind known to me, with silver overlay and ivory finial.

    Sold
  • kirichchiya logo

    A Sinhalese kirichchiya

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

    €400,-
  • Sinhalese coral hilted knife

    Sinhalese coral hilted knife

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

    €2200,-
  • South Indian spearhead logo

    South Indian spearhead

    From Tamil Nadu. With clean lines and precise geometry.

    Sold
  • South Indian tungi axe logo

    South Indian tungi axe

    A relatively rare variety of an Indian war axe, called tungi.

    Sold
  • South Indian spear butt logo

    South Indian spear butt

    Made of iron, weighted with two flattened spheres, all with chiseled decoration.

    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.

    Sold
  • 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
  • Ankus head logo

    A parakeet shaped ankus head

    Made with a separate parakeet-shaped hook, attached to long tanged spearhead.

    Sold
  • South Indian ankus head

    A south Indian ankus head

    South India, made of chiseled iron with bird-bodied yali creatures.

    Sold
  • North Indian zulfiqar sword logo

    Unusual Indian zulfiqar sword

    With bifurcated S-shaped blade in talwar hilt.

    €2000,-
  • Burmese hilted wakizashi in Indian scabbard logo

    Wakizashi in Burmese hilt

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

    Sold
  • Indian shield logo

    An unusual ḍhāl

    A translucent hide shield with gilt brass ornaments. Probably Nepalese of for a Nepalese client.

    Sold
  • Dastana logo

    A Punjabi arm guard

    Made of steel, decorated with fine gold overlay in a pattern of swastikas.

    Sold
  • North Indian katar with true inlay hilt

    A katar with true inlay decoration

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

    €3200,-
  • Fine wootz talwar

    Wootz talwar with pierced scabbard

    With fine gold overlaid hilt, tight-grained wootz blade and elaborately pierced scabbard.

    Sold
  • Talwar with Mamluk style blade decor

    Talwar with Mamluk style blade

    In Punjabi style hilt, with elaborately chiseled blade.

    Sold
  • Chiseled kirach from Lahore

    A kirach with hunting scenes

    Its blade pattern-welded and chiseled with designs of hunters and animals.

    Sold
  • Solingen pata logo

    Indian pata with Solingen blade

    With a blade of 17th-century European manufacture, with trader's name on it.

    Sold
  • Indian arrows

    Various Indian arrows

    An assortment of Indian arrows with various heads.

    Sold
  • Kutch Jambiya logo

    A gilt Indian jambiya

    With gilt-copper hilt and scabbard done in beautiful Kutch style repousse work.

    €1500,-
  • Wootz shamshir with talwar hilt logo

    Talwar hilted shamshir

    With a very fine Persian blade of "brilliant black" wootz.

    Sold
  • Wootz shamshir lahore hilt

    Lahore talwar hilted shamshir

    Persian wootz shamshir in a talwar hilt from Lahore.

    Sold
  • Very fine Sinhalese kasthāné

    Very fine Sinhalese kasthāné

    With parcel gilding and ruby eyes, in a fine silver repousse scabbard.

    Sold

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