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Fine Burmese dha hmyaung

With intricately carved ivory hilt depicting a demon on a horse.

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Signed húdiédāo set

Of military style with long, narrow blades and ribbed hardwood grips.

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A spectacular Burmese dha

With overlays of vegetal motifs alternated with animals, actual and mythical.

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Ainu sword in Japanese polish

Exceedingly rare Ainu sword. Comes in an old Japanese collection box.

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Exceptional Vietnamese saber

With mountings of meticulously worked copper with silver overlays

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Jīnchuān shortsword

Jinchuan aborigines sword, the Qianlong emperor's name for this type of sword.

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Chinese saber with U-grooves

With twist-core steel and of early liuyedao form. Probably 17th century.

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Shuangjian with ivory grips

A deluxe set of double straightswords with carved ivory grips and gilt mounts.

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Chinese saber with segmented grooves

With openwork brass mounts in early imperial style.

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Ainu sword with sash

With deeply carved scabbard, complete with fine guard embroidered sash.

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A 17th century Manchu saber

A massive 17th century saber blade with markings in Manchu and Chinese.

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Chinese twistcore presentation saber

An unusually large presentation saber in the style of high-end Chinese military sabers.

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Ming jian with chiseled mounts

A very early, full-length type, rarely seen with chiseled iron mounts.

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A rare Jinchuan sword

A royal sword, probably from the Wasi kingdom in present-day Sichuan province.

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Important Ko-Hōki Sadatsuna katana

12th-century blade. 33rd Shinsha Juyō Token with sayagaki by Tanobe.

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