Republican duanjian with good blade
Description An unusual piece: Jian with these mountings are usually of the long type, o
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Late Qing southern saber
With differential heat-treatment, creating a cloudy crystalline effect along the edge.
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Republican jian with etched blade
Description A large and rather interesting Chinese jian dating from the Chines
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A fine pattern welded kora
Short but substantial, with its protruding tip it's rather mace-like.
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Antique Chinese jian
A fine Chinese straightsword blade, of typical Qing form with a rather wide profile.
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Fine Canton-style export sword guard
Introduction Many Asian export sword guards, and later Japanese guards inspired by them
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Fine Malay matchlock musket
A very fine Malay matchlock or "satingar" with Indo-Portuguese style luck.
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South Indian pierced iron ankus
Its decoration consists of fantastic designs of various animals, mythical and existing.
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Classic Choshu ship tsuba
The work nice and crisp, the execution has a naturalistic charm to it.
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Tanjore spearhead
Description A south Indian spearhead with a thick double-edged, symmetrical leaf-shaped
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Chiseled iron Hindu basket hilt
With blackened iron panels with decorative borders carved in relief.
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Tibetan matchlock musket
A nice example of a rare, shorter carbine sized Tibetan matchlock musket.
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Rare iconographic Mongolian style knife
Introduction Many Mongols, the Khalkas in particular, had close ties with the Manchu ru
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Antique Chinese saber fittings
Description An antique set of scabbard fittings for a Chinese saber, probably second ha
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Chinese double shortswords
A good set of the first half of the 19th century, with large and rather heavy forge folded blades.
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Chinese jade handled dagger
It has a solid pale green jade hilt that is fitted to a silver collar-piece.
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Taiwanese aboriginal Rukai knife
A fine example with mother-or-pearl decorated hilt and scabbard.
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A Yi / Lolo sword
Introduction The Yi or Nuosuo people are known as Lolo in early Western ethnographic wr
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A large Vietnamese falchion
Description A rather unusual Vietnamese falchion, by lack of a better n
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Village militia dadao
Description A large Chinese double handed falchion of a form that is both related to th
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Antique wide bladed hudiedao
Introduction The hudiedao (蝴蝶刀), are a type of double swords peculiar to t
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Indian signed dhal from Gujarat
An interesting Indian dhal, a small shield that was signed by its maker from Gujarat.
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North Indian sosun pattah
A very good example of a sosun pattah, or "lily leaf", of elegant form.
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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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A rare Jinchuan sword
A royal sword, probably from the Wasi kingdom in present-day Sichuan province.
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Early Chinese duǎndāo
With rare downward curving grip as seen on artwork of the 17th and 18th centuries.
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Vietnamese double swords
A rare combination of full-length double Vietnamese swords with live blades.
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