Silver hilted Tibetan shortsword
Of typical form, but with an all-silver hilt that carries Chinese silver marks.
SoldNimble Vietnamese saber
With a narrow, double fullered blade and sharp tip and brass mounts in the earlier style.
SoldA South Nias belatu salà
Rare sword from the headhunters of Nias. Complete with talismanic basket and belt hook.
SoldVery good sikin panjang
Its blade with very fine and complex pamor, brought out by a polish.
€2200,-French sword for the King of Siam
With a Parisian blade carrying the royal emblem of King Rama IV.
SoldWakizashi in Burmese hilt
An unusual cross-cultural mix, blending Burmese, Japanese and Indian parts.
SoldUnusual South Nias sword
Of rather clean design for the area, with separate silver mouth with teeth in hilt.
SoldSouth Kalimantan parang
Of typical South Borneo workmanship, but formed like a mandau from Kutai.
€2000,-Chinese Shan presentation dha
Presented by the local Dai nobility to a British customs officer in 1936.
SoldThe Wiasemsky Montagnard dha
Collected by a Russian prince from the hill peoples of central Vietnam in 1892.
€1800,-A rare shortsword from Eastern Tibet
Description An interesting Tibetan shortsword with acute point.
SoldA streaked lin gin
These ornate versions with hairpin forged blades were worn by local royalty.
SoldRare Modang Mandau
With the characteristic carved face hilt and the rarer "sarong seltoep" scabbard.
SoldVietnamese shortsword
A short version of the Vietnamese kiếm sword with a finely carved horn hilt.
SoldA peudeueng peusangan
From the Aceh region, described locally as peudeueng peusangan with a "hulu meu apet" or Indian styled basket…
SoldA large Tibetan sword (dpa'dam)
Description A large Tibetan sword or dpa'dam, representing its classic fo
SoldBhutanese sword in tribal scabbard
With early pierced iron pommel and a style of scabbard worn in Arunachal Pradesh.
SoldPlain mounted Mindan dha
Plain when sheathed, unsheathing reveals a rather nice silver overlaid blade.
SoldJapanese inspired Asian sword
Inspired by uchigatana brought into Vietnam by Japanese refugees who settled along the coast.
SoldA fine Kayan mandau
With less common wooden hilt and elaborately inlaid blade in brass, copper and silver.
SoldMindan dha
Fine silver overlaid dha made in Mindan village, south of Mandalay, gained fame in the 19th century.
€1200,-A fine pattern welded kora
Short but substantial, with its protruding tip it's rather mace-like.
SoldAsian export disc guard
The design, overlaid in silver, gold, and copper, over a crosshatched background shows dragon amongst clouds.
SoldA Burmese dha with openwork handle
Made of a single piece of ivory, with a kneeling figure in its base.
SoldA large Vietnamese falchion
Description A rather unusual Vietnamese falchion, by lack of a better n
€1100,-