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  • Canton ship tsuba logo

    Canton tsuba with ship

    Made in Canton, China, for the Japanese market.

    €300,-
  • Chinese soldier's bamboo hat

    Chinese bamboo helmet

    As worn by Southern Chinese military and militiamen.

    €300,-
  • Five dragon Canton tsuba logo

    Five dragon Canton tsuba

    Made in Canton, China, for the Japanese market.

    €350,-
  • Peony karakusa tsuba

    Peony karakusa tsuba

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

    €350,-
  • Antique Chinese spearhead logo

    Antique Chinese spearhead 2

    Of classic shape, with a leaf-shaped blade on a socket, connected by a cast bronze base.

    €375,-
  • Silver overlaid ceremonial arrowhead

    Ceremonial arrowhead

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

    €400,-
  • Canton tsuba logo

    Facing dragon Canton tsuba

    Made in Canton, China, for the Japanese market.

    €400,-
  • Water caltrop Canton tsuba logo

    Water caltrop Canton tsuba

    Made in Canton, China, for the Japanese market.

    €400,-
  • Lobed Canton tsuba logo

    Lobed Canton tsuba

    Made in Canton, China, for the Japanese market.

    €400,-
  • Nakago kozuka logo

    Signed nakago kozuka

    A by-knife for a Japanese sword, with a hilt shaped like a sword tang.

    €400,-
  • Daruma tsuba logo

    Daruma tsuba

    A peculiar tsuba with a depiction of Bodhidharma and two dragon chasing a pearl.

    €420,-
  • A plain dha

    A plain dha

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

    €450,-
  • Village dao logo

    Chinese village dāo

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

    €450,-
  • Chinese conical painted bamboo helmet logo

    Painted conical bamboo helmet

    DescriptionAn old Chinese conical helmet of a type that militiamen and foot soldiers wor

    €450,-
  • Kunihiro wan-gata tsuba

    Wan-gata tsuba by Kunihiro

    Its outer surface is decorated with interlocking swastikas and family crests.

    €460,-
  • Early Canton tsuba

    Early Canton tsuba

    Made in Canton, China, for the Japanese market.

    €500,-
  • Unusual Chinese saber with figure head pommel logo

    Unusual Chinese saber

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

    €750,-
  • Chinese crescent moon spearhead logo

    Chinese crescent spearhead

    A robust and heavy example, crafted with care.

    €750,-
  • Lotus border tsuba logo

    Assymetric dragon tsuba

    Chinese work for the Japanese market.

    €800,-
  • Hisayuki fuchi kashira

    Fuchi kashira by Hisayuki

    A beautiful signed Japanese ferrule and pommel plate.

    €1200,-
  • 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,-
  • 28 jewel canton tsuba

    Canton tsuba with 28 "jewels"

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

    €1500,-
  • Chinese pierced sword guard logo

    Qing openwork saber guard

    A very rare Chinese saber guard dating from the height of the Qing dynasty.

    €1500,-
  • Southern Chinese hudiedao

    Southern Chinese húdiédāo set

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

    €1600,-
  • Korean eunjangdo

    A fine Korean eunjangdo

    With all silver construction, including the blade.

    €1600,-
  • Hirado Kunishige tsuba logo

    Enamelled Hirado Kunishige tsuba

    Fine work and one of the very few enamelled tsuba by this maker.

    €1800,-
  • Yagami school nanban tsuba

    Yagami school nanban tsuba

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

    €1800,-
  • Qing military saber with Manchu label logo

    The saber of Manchu Wu Songlu

    A standard pattern Qing military saber, but with the rare addition of a label in Manchu.

    €1900,-
  • Large Qing military sword

    Large Qing military sword

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

    €2200,-
  • 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,-
  • 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,-
  • Signed paidao

    Qing páidāo (shield knife)

    With Tongzhi reign marks, corresponding to the year 1863.

    €3000,-
  • Chinese stirrups

    Ming period stirrups

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

    €3000,-
  • Chinese openwork sword guard

    Southern Chinese openwork sword guard

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

    €3000,-
  • Winged dragon tsuba

    Winged dragon tsuba

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

    €3200,-
  • Silver belt buckle in Qing style logo

    Pierced silver buckle

    Made of solid silver, in Qing court style. With 19th-century European import marks.

    €5500,-
  • Tongzhou incident dadao logo

    Tongzhou incident 29th army dàdāo

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

    €6500,-
  • Nanban kogai and kozuka called futakoromono

    Nanban kogai & kozuka set (futakoromono)

    The only set of its type known to me in both private and museum collections.

    Price on request
  • Jumyo katana logo

    Jumyo katana with fine koshirae

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

    €13500,-
  • 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
  • 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,-
  • Archaic Asian shortsword

    Archaic Chinese shortsword

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

    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
  • 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
  • Jade hilted Qing imperial court dagger logo

    Qing imperial jade hilted dagger

    An extremely rare dagger, made in the Qing court workshops.

    Reserved

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