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A large Vietnamese falchion

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

€1100,-
Vietnamese straightsword

It has a narrow but sturdy blade with a springy temper.

€2600,-
Chinese Shan presentation dha

Presented by the local Dai nobility to a British customs officer in 1936.

€2000,-
Sinhalese kasthāné dated 1776

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

Price on request
Very fine ceremonial gươm

An outstanding example with very fine silver and moth-of-pearl work.

€3400,-
A Sumbawa Kabeala

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

€1250,-
Mamluk style sword in talwar hilt

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

€6500,-
Tongzhou incident 29th army dàdāo

With markings attributing it to the Tongzhou incident and a Japanese surrender tag.

€9500,-
Yatağan dated 1790-1791

An old warhorse with several repairs.

€900,-
Talwar with Mamluk style blade

In Punjabi style hilt, with elaborately chiseled blade.

€750,-
Unusual Indian zulfiqar sword

With bifurcated S-shaped blade in talwar hilt.

€2000,-
Acehnese peudeueng

With Hindu style basket hilt and local blade in European style.

€1100,-
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.

€1500,-
An old dha (carbon 14 dated)

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

€1100,-
SE Asian dha (carbon 14 dated)

In excavated condition. With XRF and radiocarbon dating results.

€600,-
Unusual Chinese saber

Built around an imported blade, with a human head shaped pommel.

€800,-
Very good sikin panjang

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

€2200,-
Talwar with wootz hilt and blade

With Persian style blade, showing Indian workmanship.

€3300,-
A large Qing dàdāo

Large and heavy example with the notable Umlauff provenance.

€1600,-
The saber of Manchu Wu Songlu

A standard pattern Qing military saber, but with the rare addition of a label in Manchu.

€1900,-
Tibetan shortsword with pierced mounts

With characteristic pointy hairpin forged blade.

€1550,-
Eastern Tibetan or Yunnan zhibeidao

A simple piece, but with a nicely etched blade typical for the Tibetan / Sichuan borderlands.

€575,-
Khanda with etched blade

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

€3500,-
Boy's brass hilted patá

With charming zoomorphic gauntlet with feline head.

€2200,-
Kutch shamshir for Benson

Blade of Persian shamshir form, but of Indian make. Mounts in Kutch style gilt copper.

€5200,-
Goat hilted Khyber sword

With gold plated hilt and pattern welded blade.

€3300,-
Large Chinese hunting knife

With fine blade in recent polish. With resting scabbard.

€2200,-