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  • Silver overlaid Chinese hook sword

    Silver overlaid Chinese hook sword

    Typical Chinese hook sword, with seldom-seen fine silver wire overlay.

    Price on request
  • Kanenori in itomaki-no-tachi logo

    Echizen Kanenori tachi

    A fine, Circa 400-year-old blade in 19th-century tachi mountings.

    Reserved
  • Fine Qing matchlock musket

    Fine mid Qing matchlock musket

    With a golden damascened lock of the Indo-Portuguese type.

    Price on request
  • Hata-jirushi logo

    Japanese battle flag

    Resist-dyed cotton in white and indigo, with three fans mon.

    Reserved
  • Hawk and pine tsuba logo

    Hawk and pine tsuba

    Carved out of copper alloy with details highlighted in gold.

    €250,-
  • Fine pierced nanban tsuba

    Fine pierced nanban tsuba

    Very delicate work with carved guardian lions.

    €500,-
  • late-chinese-pierced-guard-logo

    Small Chinese saber guard

    Of pierced iron, elaborately cut with lotus petal border.

    €1200,-
  • Asian export sword guard with foreigners logo

    Aoi-gata tsuba with foreigners

    Unusual tsuba with foreign figures and Chinese auspicious symbols.

    €1800,-
  • Nanban ship tsuba logo

    Iron nanban ship tsuba

    Pierced and chiseled showing an 18th century European vessel.

    €475,-
  • Hirado Kunishige fuchi logo

    Hirado Kunishige fuchi

    One of his classic designs, signed by the maker.

    Reserved
  • Unusual nanban tsuba

    Unusual nanban tsuba

    Very finely carved with designs reminiscent of export wares.

    €500,-
  • 17th century Chinese saber guard

    17th century Chinese saber guard

    With the swirling arabesque motifs that are typical for this period.

    €5500,-
  • Tang dynasty horse head logo

    Tang dynasty horse head

    Mounted on a custom hardwood stand

    €1600,-
  • Lacquered Japanese sword stand with drawers

    Japanese lacquered sword stand

    With scenes of pine trees and three drawers.

    €3200,-
  • Qing powder flask logo

    Fine Qing powder flask

    Very good example with a finely carved warrior scene.

    €3000,-
  • 62 plate Kabuto with mayu

    62 plate kabuto with maedate

    Each plate with raised rib, the visor embossed with simulated eyebrows.

    Reserved
  • Canton export lacquered box

    Chinese export lacquer box

    A nice example with unusually fine lacquerwork and a monogram in the lid.

    €3800,-
  • Shimazu clan daisho logo

    Shimazu mon daishō

    A pair of daishō with blades forged by the Takada smiths of Bungo in the north of Kyūshū.

    Price on request
  • Early Edo samural armor logo

    Early Edo samurai armor

    Very heavy armor, made for business.

    Price on request
  • Nagasaki raden katana kake logo

    Mother of pearl inlaid katana kake

    In black and gold urushi lacquer, with fine mother-of-pearl inlays with aquatic landscapes on both sides.

    €8000,-
  • Naoe Shizu tanto logo

    Fine Sōshū tantō

    A fine tantō forged in the Sōshū tradition with Hon'Ami Koson sayagaki.

    Price on request
  • Chinese soldier's bamboo hat

    Chinese bamboo helmet

    As worn by Southern Chinese military and militiamen.

    €300,-
  • Large Qing military sword

    Large Qing military sword

    Probably of Southern origin, with a straight blade and flaring tip.

    €2200,-
  • Chinese openwork sword guard

    Southern Chinese openwork sword guard

    In the style of northern work of the 16th and 17th centuries

    €3000,-
  • Lotus border tsuba logo

    Assymetric dragon tsuba

    Chinese work for the Japanese market.

    €800,-
  • 28 jewel canton tsuba

    Canton tsuba with 28 "jewels"

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

    €1500,-
  • Early Canton tsuba

    Early Canton tsuba

    Made in Canton, China, for the Japanese market.

    €500,-
  • Lobed Canton tsuba logo

    Lobed Canton tsuba

    Made in Canton, China, for the Japanese market.

    €400,-
  • Five dragon Canton tsuba logo

    Five dragon Canton tsuba

    Made in Canton, China, for the Japanese market.

    €350,-
  • Water caltrop Canton tsuba logo

    Water caltrop Canton tsuba

    Made in Canton, China, for the Japanese market.

    €400,-
  • Canton tsuba logo

    Facing dragon Canton tsuba

    Made in Canton, China, for the Japanese market.

    €400,-
  • Archaic Asian shortsword

    Archaic Chinese shortsword

    Probably of Chinese origin, resembling some of the earliest Japanese swords in existence.

    Price on request
  • Chinese stirrups

    Ming period stirrups

    Forged iron, swiveled stirrups with an entirely beaded frame and openwork platforms.

    €3000,-
  • Outstanding set of Chinese hudiedao / wudipdou / batjamdo logo

    Outstanding set of húdiédāo

    A set of the rarer long and wide variety with very well-carved hilts and good overall finish.

    €2800,-
  • Southern Chinese hudiedao

    Southern Chinese húdiédāo set

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

    €1600,-
  • Southern Chinese saber marked H. Hunt 1876 logo

    Chinese military saber marked 1876

    Southern Chinese officer style saber with later inscription H.Hunt 1876.

    €2250,-
  • Silver overlaid ceremonial arrowhead

    Ceremonial arrowhead

    Made of iron, shaped as a gourd, with silver overlay.

    €400,-
  • Village dao logo

    Chinese village dāo

    A simple utilitarian weapon, probably made for rural martial artists or militia.

    €450,-
  • Signed paidao

    Qing páidāo (shield knife)

    With Tongzhi reign marks, corresponding to the year 1863.

    €3000,-
  • Echizen Kanesada blade in spectacular koshirae

    Echizen Kanesada in striking koshirae

    Blade with fine dragon horimono. The mounts signed Sōmin and Masatatsu.

    Price on request
  • Fine daisho with maki-e lacquer work

    Fine autumn themed daishō

    Both blades signed, its koshirae fine maki-e lacquer work. Ito school tsuba and Mino Gotō style mounts.

    Price on request
  • Masatsuna naginata logo

    Katakiriha zukuri naginata by Masatsune

    Considered one of the best makers of naginata, he worked for the household of Fukushima Masanori.

    Price on request
  • Kanabo school jumonji yari

    Jumonji yari by Kanabō Masazane

    Made in the 16th century, for the warrior monks of the Hozo-in temple in Nara.

    Price on request
  • A plain dha

    A plain dha

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

    €450,-
  • Yagami school nanban tsuba

    Yagami school nanban tsuba

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

    Reserved
  • Three wise monkeys tsuba logo

    Three wise monkeys tsuba

    Japanese sword guard depicting three wise monkeys conveying the message see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.

    €1500,-
  • Northern Wei dynasty shaffron logo

    Northern Wei shaffron

    Silk horse mask from the Xianbei ruled dynasty which ruled northern China from 386 to 534 A.D.

    €18000,-
  • Tongzhou incident dadao logo

    Tongzhou incident 29th army dàdāo

    With markings attributing it to the Tongzhou incident and a Japanese surrender tag.

    €6500,-
  • Jumyo katana logo

    Jumyo katana with fine koshirae

    The very detailed mountings are decorated with designs of Japanese spiny lobsters.

    Reserved
  • Winged dragon tsuba

    Winged dragon tsuba

    A fine and unusually large tsuba. Attributed to Hizen by the NBTHK.

    €3200,-
  • Chinese crescent moon spearhead logo

    Chinese crescent spearhead

    A robust and heavy example, crafted with care.

    €750,-
  • Peony karakusa tsuba

    Peony karakusa tsuba

    Executed in "nanban style" openwork with chiseled and gold-encrusted peonies.

    €350,-

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