Items | Mandarin Mansion

Chilanum dagger

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

€2300,-
A Sinhalese knife

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

€300,-
Large tin chirra kothimora khukuri

An exceptionally large example with a desirable three fullered blade.

€2200,-
Ramree veteran khukurī

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

€400,-
A trousse khukurī

Its scabbard with 12 pockets, with 10 of the items remaining.

€475,-
Khukurī in wooden scabbard

The scabbard carved as to closely mimic a tooled leather scabbard.

€450,-
A gilt Indian jambiya

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

€1500,-
Gold mounted presentation khukurī

Thought to have been presented by the Royal House of Nepal.

€3000,-
A fine 19th century khukurī

With iron, silver overlaid hilt. Its associated scabbard features fine quillwork.

€1800,-
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,-
Broad Vietnamese knife

Broad bladed example with horn hilt and engraved blade.

€900,-
Rare beladau lebar dagger

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

€475,-
Silver hilted keris coteng

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

€3200,-
Sinhalese pihiya

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

€1800,-
Fine African Bedja dagger

These handsome daggers were worn by the nomadic Hadendoa people, their name has been interpreted as meaning "Lion Clan".

€1300,-
Southern katar with yali langets

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

€1650,-
A fine Korean eunjangdo

With all silver construction, including the blade.

€1600,-
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,-
Gilt-copper hilted kard

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

€2200,-
Indian jade hilted dagger

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

€5400,-
Silver chevron katar

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

€3800,-
Rajput katar with rubies and diamonds

Of steel construction with gold overlay. Of a type produced in Rajasthan in the early 1800s.

€4300,-
Large southern silver gilt katar

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

€2400,-