Giant kukri of Graf von Elz
Very large presentation kukri from the Sundarijal Arsenal in Nepal.
€600,-Khukurī with tools
20th century military khukurī with many different tools in its back pocket.
€650,-An early "piha-kaetta"
Of nice quality, with unusual openwork silver bolster with serapendiya.
€1500,-Qing openwork saber guard
A very rare Chinese saber guard dating from the height of the Qing dynasty.
€1500,-Rare Santali shield
Peculiar shield with catching hook, used by the Santali people of Bengal.
€1500,-Southern katar with yali langets
Of a style often associated with Tanjore, the seat of the Vijayanagara empire.
€1650,-Aoi-gata tsuba with foreigners
Unusual tsuba with foreign figures and Chinese auspicious symbols.
€1800,-A fine 19th century khukurī
With iron, silver overlaid hilt. Its associated scabbard features fine quillwork.
€1800,-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,-Large tin chirra kothimora khukuri
An exceptionally large example with a desirable three fullered blade.
ReservedMarwari 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
Fine Indian kard with gilt copper alloy hilt, decorated with chiseled flowers.
€2200,-A fine mid 19th century khukurī
An understated, elegant khukuri of substantial proportions with fine layered blade.
€2200,-Chilanum dagger
Somewhat worn but once very high-quality, with great sculptural qualities and remains of silver "true inlay".
€2300,-Gold mounted presentation khukurī
Thought to have been presented by the Royal House of Nepal.
€2500,-A fine hanshee
Early type with very shallow notch in the blade and little flare in the pommel.
€2750,-Pierced iron saddle bows
This kind of fine work is typical for Tibetan work of the 15th-16th centuries.
€3200,-A Khasi dao
These mysterious weapons were already obsolete when the first ethnographers encountered them.
€3200,-Unusual khukurī with gold grooves
With a very fine Nepalese blade, but kard-like hilt and scabbard.
€3500,-Chinese export lacquer box
A nice example with unusually fine lacquerwork and a monogram in the lid.
€3800,-Sawasa east indian inkwell
Sawasa is metalware in black and gold made primarily for the Dutch expat community in Asia.
€3800,-A fine and unusual Dutch colonial gun
Based on the Dutch Beaumont mechanism, but with Indonesian twist forged barrel and golden inlays.
€5000,-Flintlock lance
A what? Yes exactly. An extremely rare piece, the only example I am aware of in published collections at least.
€6500,-South Indian cobra tip sword
An early fighting piece with strong reinforcing langet and broad, cobra shaped tip.
€7200,-Nanban kogai & kozuka set (futakoromono)
The only set of its type known to me in both private and museum collections.
Price on requestIndian enamel and wootz dagger
With designs of animals, often attributed to Lucknow, north India.
€15000,-Indian Jade mounted dagger
Nice and complete with opaque green hilt and scabbard mounts.
Price on requestFine 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