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  • Simple Sinhalese pihiya

    A Sinhalese knife

    Rarely seen today, a commoner's example with carved, bone hilt.

    €200,-
  • Sinhalese dagger logo

    Sinhalese kirichchiya

    With carved horn hilt and characteristic finger guard.

    €300,-
  • Ramree Veteran khukurī logo

    Ramree veteran khukurī

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

    €400,-
  • Indian bronze betel box

    Indian betel box

    Made of brass and bronze, now deeply patinated.

    €400,-
  • North Indian antelope axe

    Indian Antelope Axe

    An enigmatic type of axe, this one probably from tribal north India.

    €900,-
  • Sinhalese pihiya logo

    An early "piha-kaetta"

    Of nice quality, with unusual openwork silver bolster with serapendiya.

    €1500,-
  • Heavy armor piercing katar

    Heavy armor piercing katar

    With a narrow blade of impressive thickness. Attributable to the Bundelkhand area.

    €1600,-
  • South Indian katar with yali logo

    Southern katar with yali langets

    Of a style often associated with Tanjore, the seat of the Vijayanagara empire.

    €1650,-
  • Sinhalese piha-kaetta logo

    A fine, heavy piha kaetta

    Of the chopper variety, with a finely carved ivory hilt.

    €1650,-
  • Rare bifurcated Khond axe

    Rare bifurcated Khond axe

    Very rare subtype of a Khond tribal axe with double points.

    €1650,-
  • Milam sword of the Garo people of Assam

    A milam of the Garo

    This peculiar sword was used by the Garo people of Assam for fighting, clearing the jungle, and animal sacrifices.

    €1800,-
  • Sinhalese pihiya logo

    Sinhalese pihiya

    A beautiful black coral hilted example, made in the King's workshops.

    €1800,-
  • Rare Santali shield logo

    Rare Santali shield

    Peculiar shield with catching hook, used by the Santali people of Bengal.

    €2000,-
  • Marwar talwar with dated hilt

    Marwari talwar with 1857 dated hilt

    The hilt is in the typical Marwari Rajput style, made by Ram Namar in 1857 A.D.

    €2200,-
  • Gilt copper hilted kard dagger logo

    Gilt-copper hilted kard

    Fine Indian kard with gilt copper alloy hilt, decorated with chiseled flowers.

    €2200,-
  • Chilanum dagger

    Chilanum dagger

    Somewhat worn but once very high-quality, with great sculptural qualities and remains of silver "true inlay".

    €2300,-
  • South-indian-silver-gilt-katar

    Large southern silver gilt katar

    Its hilt overlaid with thick silver, then fire-gilt.

    €2400,-
  • Khasi dao

    A Khasi dao

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

    €3200,-
  • Silver chevron katar

    Silver chevron katar

    All the designs being true inlay, with almost no losses.

    €3800,-
  • Indian jade hilted dagger

    Indian jade hilted dagger

    With wootz blade and the jade hilt set with small rubies.

    €5400,-
  • Early Indian sword logo

    South Indian cobra tip sword

    An early fighting piece with strong reinforcing langet and broad, cobra shaped tip.

    €7200,-
  •  Indian flintlock lance logo

    Flintlock lance

    A what? Yes exactly. An extremely rare piece, the only example I am aware of in published collections at least.

    €7500,-
  • Lucknow enamel kard logo

    Indian enamel and wootz dagger

    With designs of animals, often attributed to Lucknow, north India.

    Price on request
  • Very good Deccan chilanum logo

    Very good Deccan chilanum

    A large example in excellent state of preservation.

    Price on request
  • Jade mounted dagger logo

    Indian Jade mounted dagger

    Nice and complete with opaque green hilt and scabbard mounts.

    Price on request
  • Fine Kutch horse head shamshir

    Fine Kutch horse head shamshir

    The style typical of Kutch, the execution far above what is normally seen on work from that area.

    Price on request

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