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Persian painted shield

Persian steel shield with fine Qajar style painted dome.

€5000,-
Persian wootz armor set

Consisting of shield, helmet and arm protector.

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Unusual khyber knife

With forge folded, overlaid blade.

€2150,-
Transcaucasian kindjal

With a rare single-edged blade with tight fullering.

€1900,-
Fine wootz khanjar

With early blade of "brilliant black" wootz.

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Agate hilted wootz khanjar

Nice Persian dagger with fine wootz blade and unusual hilt material.

€3500,-
Broken Tibetan quiver

A once fine example that had a bit of a rough life.

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Silver overlaid Tibetan shortsword

With a rare, finely forged double hairpin blade.

€3500,-
Pierced iron saddle bows

This kind of fine work is typical for Tibetan work of the 15th-16th centuries.

€3200,-
Tibetan nomad's whip end

An iron weight that was attached to a long leather strap.

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Ceremonial arrowhead

Made of iron, shaped as a gourd, with silver overlay.

€400,-
Tibetan nomad's whip

Consisting of an iron weight on a long leather strap.

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Persian dagger with erotic scene

The walrus ivory hilt is expertly carved. The blade is wootz with fine gold overlay.

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Early Mughal kapwah

An over 400-year-old Mughal court dagger. Once lavishly decorated with gold.

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Tibetan dpa'dam with belt hook

A large Tibetan sword, known in the local language as dpa'dam.

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Türkenbeute flintlock musket

Fine German hunting flintlock with captured Ottoman barrel.

€16000,-
Sword hilted khukurī

A rarer variety with a hilt that takes inspiration from the kora and talwar.

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Persian mirror case by Riza Al-Imami

Made of pasteboard, finely lacquered with roses and nightengales.

€9600,-
Tibetan cavalry dpa'dam

With massive blade and silk brocade decorated scabbard.

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Mongol conquest period quiver

Carbon dated to 1175-1275 A.D. with 95,4% certainty, the height of the Mongol conquest period.

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Tibetan bowcase and quiver

Of the 19th century. Ex Stephen Selby collection.

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Gilt Ottoman made sabiki

The long version of the jambiya, with blackened, gold inlaid blade.

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Tibetan oracle crown skull

A flaming skull that was once part of the crown of a Tibetan oracle.

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Persian wootz double spearhead

Finely crafted wootz blade, and golden inlays at the base.

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Persian wootz spearhead

Made using Persian wootz. Pronounced features, chiseled socket.

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Studded Eastern Tibetan dagger

Of Kham area regional style, with a grip studded with turquoises and corals.

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Goat hilted Khyber sword

With gold plated hilt and pattern welded blade.

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Bhutanese shortsword

From the P. Holstein collection, published in 1931.

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Persian wootz axe

With fine chiseled decoration and largely intact koftgari.

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Tibetan bowcase & quiver

A matched set of lacquered leather, finely decorated with gradient colors and black and gold detailing.

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Central Asian dated kard 1709

With wootz blade inlaid in gold with the name of the maker and the owner.

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Ottoman Turkish ribbon sword

A remarkable example of bladesmithing with a 5 row twist-core pattern that meanders over the blade.

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Eastern Tibetan or Yunnan zhibeidao

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

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Tibetan shortsword with pierced mounts

With characteristic pointy hairpin forged blade.

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Afghan military saber

With an armory stamp dated Hijri 1326, corresponding to about 1908.

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Ottoman Kurdish kalkan

A small, heavily reinforced buckler as used by Ottoman Kurdish infantry.

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Sabiki or "Wahhabite jambiya"

With a long, sword-like blade characteristic of this type. With original belt.

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Bhutanese "churi chenm" sword

This style was worn by nobles and senior officials.

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Jīnchuān shortsword

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

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A "Mecca" Jambiya

A style of dagger often associated with the pilgrimage to Mecca.

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Double-edged Bhutanese dagger

With triple grooves and in heavy silver mountings.

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A Persian crescent axe

With lacquered shaft. Previously sold at Sotheby's in 1985.

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Afghan sickle, called lohar

Of typical design, forged from one piece of iron, overlaid with brass on one side.

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Fine Tibetan gem studded dagger

A very rare type of dagger that originates from the borderlands of Eastern Tibet and Sichuan.

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Three Tibetan armor mirrors

Of domed shape with upturned rim and indigo cotton lining.

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Stone-hilted pesh-kabz

A very large example with a strongly reinforced tip and stone handle scales.

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Pashtun dagger

With blonde horn grip scales and brass plated scabbard.

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Pesh kabz with horn plated hilt

An excellently designed thrusting dagger with T-spine and sharp tip.

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A hanshee khukurī

A rare and sought-after type. This one comes in its original silver mounted scabbard.

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Unusual Indian zulfiqar sword

With bifurcated S-shaped blade in talwar hilt.

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A fine 19th century khukurī

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

€1800,-
Tibetan mail shirt, helmet and mirrors

Collected by American anthropologist Melvyn Goldstein in the 1980s.

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