Items | Mandarin Mansion

A large Vietnamese falchion

Description A rather unusual Vietnamese falchion, by lack of a better n

€1100,-
A Sumbawa Kabeala

With broad silver-clad scabbard, worked entirely in repousse.

€1250,-
A fine and unusual Dutch colonial gun

Based on the Dutch Beaumont mechanism, but with Indonesian twist forged barrel and golden inlays.

€5000,-
Balinese spearhead with scabbard

With fine twist-core pamor and carved wooden scabbard.

€1800,-
An excavated dha sword

With heavy blade and copper alloy hilt and lobed guard.

€700,-
The Wiasemsky Montagnard dha

Collected by a Russian prince from the hill peoples of central Vietnam in 1892.

€1800,-
An old dha (carbon 14 dated)

Found in excavated condition, published with results of c-14 and XRF analysis.

€1000,-
Very good sikin panjang

Its blade with very fine and complex pamor, brought out by a polish.

€2200,-
Broad Vietnamese knife

Broad bladed example with horn hilt and engraved blade.

€900,-
Sumatran hilted Dutch saber

Using a possibly captured M1898 "klewang" blade.

€800,-
Preanger sword with VOC blade

Blade marked with VOC Amsterdam monogram, and the year 1769.

Reserved
Tiger hilt sword with VOC blade

With Dutch VOC blade, marked with the Amsterdam monogram.

Reserved
Rare beladau lebar dagger

A rare type of dagger from South Kalimantan, loosely based on Islamic daggers seen worn by traders.

€475,-
A Khasi dao

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

€3200,-
Later South Nias belatu

Nice and complete example with talisman basket. Probably 20th century.

€1100,-
Batad Ifugao hinālung

Rare double-edged shortsword of the Ifugao of northern Luzon.

€800,-
Silver hilted keris coteng

A textbook example of this rare and early type of keris.

€3200,-
Parang latok

A curious slashing weapon from northern Borneo.

€2800,-
Dha with story of Maung Tin

Of the silver overlaid type made in Mindan, with an unusual story on the blade.

€4000,-
Very fine Mindan dha

Introduction Fine silver overlaid dha made in Mindan village, south of Mandala

€5600,-
European sword blade keris

In the style of a Malay keris panjang.

€1750,-
Bali straight keris

With fine flaming pamor blade and notched "cekah redut" hilt.

€2000,-
A plain dha

Of a type likely produced by the Shan people and traded widely in the region.

€450,-
Burmese dha with interesting blade

With inscriptions on blade, unusual grooves, and brass inlaid copper mounts.

€800,-
Mindan dha

Fine silver overlaid dha made in Mindan village, south of Mandalay, gained fame in the 19th century.

€1200,-
Mindan Ramayana dha

Fine Mindan dha with a scene from the Ramayana on its blade.

€2000,-
Very good Mindan dha

With silver overlay on iron even continued on its hilt.

€2500,-
Japanese inspired Asian sword

Inspired by uchigatana brought into Vietnam by Japanese refugees who settled along the coast.

€1600,-
Hanuman keris holder

A charming Balinese keris holder in the form of Hanuman, the brave monkey king.

Price on request