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A large Vietnamese falchion

Description A rather unusual Vietnamese falchion, by lack of a better n

€1100,-
A Sumbawa Kabeala

With broad silver-clad scabbard, worked entirely in repousse.

€1250,-
A fine Sindh flintlock

A large gun with English flintlock mechanism, as favored by the Mirs of the Talpur court. In very good condition, with…

€7300,-
A fine and unusual Dutch colonial gun

Based on the Dutch Beaumont mechanism, but with Indonesian twist forged barrel and golden inlays.

€5000,-
Ramree veteran khukurī

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

€400,-
Balinese spearhead with scabbard

With fine twist-core pamor and carved wooden scabbard.

€1800,-
An excavated dha sword

With heavy blade and copper alloy hilt and lobed guard.

€700,-
The Wiasemsky Montagnard dha

Collected by a Russian prince from the hill peoples of central Vietnam in 1892.

€1800,-
An old dha (carbon 14 dated)

Found in excavated condition, published with results of c-14 and XRF analysis.

€1000,-
Unusual Chinese saber

Built around an imported blade, with a human head shaped pommel.

€750,-
Very good sikin panjang

Its blade with very fine and complex pamor, brought out by a polish.

€2200,-
Broad Vietnamese knife

Broad bladed example with horn hilt and engraved blade.

€900,-
Sumatran hilted Dutch saber

Using a possibly captured M1898 "klewang" blade.

€800,-
Rare beladau lebar dagger

A rare type of dagger from South Kalimantan, loosely based on Islamic daggers seen worn by traders.

€475,-
A Khasi dao

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

€3200,-
Later South Nias belatu

Nice and complete example with talisman basket. Probably 20th century.

€1100,-
Batad Ifugao hinālung

Rare double-edged shortsword of the Ifugao of northern Luzon.

€800,-
Silver hilted keris coteng

A textbook example of this rare and early type of keris.

€3200,-
Parang latok

A curious slashing weapon from northern Borneo.

€2800,-
Dha with story of Maung Tin

Of the silver overlaid type made in Mindan, with an unusual story on the blade.

€4000,-
Türkenbeute flintlock musket

Fine German hunting flintlock with captured Ottoman barrel.

€16000,-
European sword blade keris

In the style of a Malay keris panjang.

€1750,-
Bali straight keris

With fine flaming pamor blade and notched "cekah redut" hilt.

€2000,-
A plain dha

Of a type likely produced by the Shan people and traded widely in the region.

€450,-
Mindan dha

Fine silver overlaid dha made in Mindan village, south of Mandalay, gained fame in the 19th century.

€1200,-
Mindan Ramayana dha

Fine Mindan dha with a scene from the Ramayana on its blade.

€2000,-
Very good Mindan dha

With silver overlay on iron even continued on its hilt.

€2500,-
Japanese inspired Asian sword

Inspired by uchigatana brought into Vietnam by Japanese refugees who settled along the coast.

€1300,-
Old Hanuman keris holder

A charming Balinese keris holder in the form of Hanuman, the brave monkey king.

Price on request
Transcaucasian kindjal

With a rare single-edged blade with tight fullering.

€1900,-
Unusual Vietnamese trường đao

With forward swept iron guard and swollen grip.

€1300,-
SE Asian dha with "Musashi tsuba"

In excavated condition, with copper alloy hilt.

€650,-
Rare Vietnamese pellet bow set

An exceedingly rare set with fine mother of pearl inlaid string board

€6000,-