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South Indian katar with Bikaner marks

An interesting South Indian style katar with an imported European blade.

€750,-
Chilanum dagger

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

€1800,-
Sinhalese kasthāné dated 1776

A very fine specimen with VOC blade and ruby-set scabbard.

Price on request
All wootz kard dagger

With a hidden compartment for a small utility knife.

€2500,-
Mamluk style sword in talwar hilt

Chiseled with a rare type of decor on the base, and with two Islamic inscriptions.

€6500,-
Golden damascened boy's katar

A rare example with pattern welded blade, retaining its original scabbard.

€1200,-
A Sinhalese knife

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

€300,-
A Deccan chilanum

With wootz blade, and silver overlaid hilt that was finished with fire-gilding.

€2300,-
A curved Deccan katar

With elaborately pierced and chiseled hilt.

€1500,-
A fine curved Deccan katar

With beautifully shaped blade and fine, elaborately chiseled hilt.

€3500,-
Ramree veteran khukurī

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

€400,-
A gilt Indian jambiya

With gilt-copper hilt and scabbard done in beautiful Kutch style repousse work.

€1700,-
Talwar with Mamluk style blade

In Punjabi style hilt, with elaborately chiseled blade.

€750,-
A katar with true inlay decoration

Late 17th century. With wootz blade and enamel chape.

€3200,-
Unusual Indian zulfiqar sword

With bifurcated S-shaped blade in talwar hilt.

€2000,-
An early "piha-kaetta"

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

€1500,-
Sinhalese kirichchiya

With carved horn hilt and characteristic finger guard.

€300,-
A fine, heavy piha kaetta

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

€1650,-
Sinhalese coral hilted knife

Also known as piha-kaetta, this is more correctly a pihiya.

€2200,-
A Sinhalese kirichchiya

A rare type of Sinhalese dagger with stylized bird hilt and blade with backedge.

€400,-
A remarkable Khond axe

The best of its kind known to me, with silver overlay and ivory finial.

€2200,-
Talwar with wootz hilt and blade

With Persian style blade, showing Indian workmanship.

€3300,-
Indian madu parrying weapon

Made with two antelope horns and an iron shield.

€800,-
A fine north Indian dagger

Of jambiya form, with pattern welded blade and fine silver scabbard mounts.

€3800,-
Khanda with etched blade

A late 19th-century type with an etched blade, simulating patterned steel.

€3500,-
Indian spearheads and butt

A set for the beginning collector.

€450,-