Peranakan "pending" buckle
Belt buckle from West-Java, worn by Peranakan and wealthy Javanese women.
€250,-
Cast iron compass rose guard
A peculiar cast iron sword guard, probably from the South China Seas area.
€350,-
Peony karakusa tsuba
Executed in "nanban style" openwork with chiseled and gold-encrusted peonies.
€350,-
Antique Chinese spearhead 2
Of classic shape, with a leaf-shaped blade on a socket, connected by a cast bronze base.
€375,-
Antique Chinese spearhead
Of classic shape, with a leaf-shaped blade on a socket, connected by a cast bronze base.
€400,-
Daruma tsuba
A peculiar tsuba with a depiction of Bodhidharma and two dragon chasing a pearl.
€420,-
Wan-gata tsuba by Kunihiro
Its outer surface is decorated with interlocking swastikas and family crests.
€460,-
Rare beladau lebar dagger
A rare type of dagger from South Kalimantan, loosely based on Islamic daggers seen worn by traders.
€475,-
Eastern Tibetan or Yunnan zhibeidao
A simple piece, but with a nicely etched blade typical for the Tibetan / Sichuan borderlands.
€575,-
SE Asian dha (carbon 14 dated)
In excavated condition. With XRF and radiocarbon dating results.
€600,-
Polished Sino-Vietnamese dagger
A heavy Sin-Vietnamese fighting knife, with recently polished blade.
€675,-
Chinese hùshǒu with lantsa script
A Chinese sword guard from the 18th century with a Buddhist mantra in lantsa script.
€800,-
A large Vietnamese falchion
Description A rather unusual Vietnamese falchion, by lack of a better n
€1100,-
An old dha (carbon 14 dated)
Found in excavated condition, published with results of c-14 and XRF analysis.
€1100,-
A Padri carbine
An unusual variety, shortened to carbine size, with a chicken wing wood stock.
€1300,-
The Wiasemsky Montagnard dha
Collected by a Russian prince from the hill peoples of central Vietnam in 1892.
€1500,-
Qing openwork saber guard
A very rare Chinese saber guard dating from the height of the Qing dynasty.
€1500,-
The saber of Manchu Wu Songlu
A standard pattern Qing military saber, but with the rare addition of a label in Manchu.
€1900,-
Chinese Shan presentation dha
Presented by the local Dai nobility to a British customs officer in 1936.
€2000,-
A Vietnamese Christian cross
Constructed out of dense hardwood and with fine mother-of-pearl inlays in the Vietnamese fashion.
€2000,-
Very good sikin panjang
Its blade with very fine and complex pamor, brought out by a polish.
€2200,-
Nimble Vietnamese saber
With a narrow, double fullered blade and sharp tip and brass mounts in the earlier style.
Reserved
A Khasi dao
These mysterious weapons were already obsolete when the first ethnographers encountered them.
€3200,-
Suneate with Dutch leather
A pair of Samurai shin protectors finished with Dutch "goudleer".
€3600,-
Gilt duanjian with foreign blade
Unusual Chinese duanjian with fine gilt mounts and a blade of non-Chinese origin.
€3800,-
A fine and unusual Dutch colonial gun
Based on the Dutch Beaumont mechanism, but with Indonesian twist forged barrel and golden inlays.
€5000,-
Fine Burmese silver sword scabbard
It represents the best of Burmese silversmithing with repousse work in high relief.
€5200,-
Chinese tiger shield
A large Chinese rattan shield called tengpai, used by special front-line troops.
€6000,-
Balinese keris of Ferdinand Blok
The 9-luk blade of strong proportions is engraved with the face of a demon.
€7000,-
Tongzhou incident 29th army dàdāo
With markings attributing it to the Tongzhou incident and a Japanese surrender tag.
€9500,-
Nanban kogai & kozuka set (futakoromono)
The only set of its type known to me in both private and museum collections.
Price on request
Early Tibetan or Mongolian quiver
A very rare example of a type of early all-leather tube quiver that was used by Mongols and Tibet
Price on request
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