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  • Early Edo samural armor logo

    Early Edo samurai armor

    Very heavy armor, made for business.

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

    Echizen Kanenori tachi

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

    Reserved
  • 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
  • Archaic Asian shortsword

    Archaic Chinese shortsword

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

    Price on request
  • 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
  • Jumyo katana logo

    Jumyo katana with fine koshirae

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

    Reserved
  • Silver overlaid Chinese hook sword

    Silver overlaid Chinese hook sword

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

    Price on request
  • 62 plate Kabuto with mayu

    62 plate kabuto with maedate

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

    Reserved
  • Tongzhou incident dadao logo

    Tongzhou incident 29th army dàdāo

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

    €6500,-
  • Signed paidao

    Qing páidāo (shield knife)

    With Tongzhi reign marks, corresponding to the year 1863.

    €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 saber marked H. Hunt 1876 logo

    Chinese military saber marked 1876

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

    €2250,-
  • Large Qing military sword

    Large Qing military sword

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

    €2200,-
  • 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,-
  • Southern Chinese hudiedao

    Southern Chinese húdiédāo set

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

    €1600,-
  • Unusual Chinese saber with figure head pommel logo

    Unusual Chinese saber

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

    €750,-
  • 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 soldier's bamboo hat

    Chinese bamboo helmet

    As worn by Southern Chinese military and militiamen.

    €300,-

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