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Southern Chinese openwork sword guard

In the style of northern work of the 16th and 17th centuries

€3000,-
Assymetric dragon tsuba

Chinese work for the Japanese market.

€800,-
Canton tsuba with 28 "jewels"

Canton work for the Japanese market, with 28 metal balls in separate compartments.

€1500,-
Early Canton tsuba

Made in Canton, China, for the Japanese market.

€500,-
Lobed Canton tsuba

Made in Canton, China, for the Japanese market.

€400,-
Canton tsuba with ship

Made in Canton, China, for the Japanese market.

€300,-
Five dragon Canton tsuba

Made in Canton, China, for the Japanese market.

€350,-
Water caltrop Canton tsuba

Made in Canton, China, for the Japanese market.

€400,-
Facing dragon Canton tsuba

Made in Canton, China, for the Japanese market.

€400,-
Yagami school nanban tsuba

A masterpiece of the genre. The Yagami school were excellent carvers of iron.

€1800,-
Enamelled Hirado Kunishige tsuba

Fine work and one of the very few enamelled tsuba by this maker.

€1800,-
Yidao guard

Exceptionally large pierced iron guard for a Chinese yidao; "virtuous saber".

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Three wise monkeys tsuba

Japanese sword guard depicting three wise monkeys conveying the message see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.

€1500,-
Winged dragon tsuba

A fine and unusually large tsuba. Attributed to Hizen by the NBTHK.

€3200,-
Fine Burmese silver sword scabbard

It represents the best of Burmese silversmithing with repousse work in high relief.

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Fine Kinai dragon tsuba

Made by the Kinai group of Echizen, who originated as horimono carvers.

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Signed nanban style ship tsuba

Signed by an artist named Kanesada from Higo.

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Seiryūken Eiju dragon tsuba

Tetsugendo school. Round plate with discoid cross-section, chiseled with dragons.

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Peony karakusa tsuba

Executed in "nanban style" openwork with chiseled and gold-encrusted peonies.

€350,-
Sawasa style iron guard

Unusual piece with depiction of a foreign figure.

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Iron chrysanthemum tsuba

Large example with gold and silver overlay.

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Unusual dragon gate guard

Asian sword guard of unknown origin, modified in Japan.

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Japanese tsuba in Canton style

Also known as Kwanto-gata, with two facing dragon chasing a pearl.

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Daruma tsuba

A peculiar tsuba with a depiction of Bodhidharma and two dragon chasing a pearl.

€420,-
Wan-gata tsuba by Kunihiro

Its outer surface is decorated with interlocking swastikas and family crests.

€460,-
Silver overlaid talwar hilt

Never mounted, still with the shop's wooden stopper.

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Rooster fight kozuka

Executed in gold and silver on a shakudō nanako base, with golden back.

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Cast iron compass rose guard

A peculiar cast iron sword guard, probably from the South China Seas area.

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Nanban kogai & kozuka set (futakoromono)

The only set of its type known to me in both private and museum collections.

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Ainu sword hilt

Made of wood, with a silver ornamental fitting of remarkable workmanship.

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An Edo period kankyûtô

A double-edged samurai tool with morbid origins.

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Signed nakago kozuka

A by-knife for a Japanese sword, with a hilt shaped like a sword tang.

€400,-
Chinese lòukōng sword guard

The archetypical Chinese sword guard that gave rise to the Japanese genre of "nanban tsuba".

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Qing openwork saber guard

A very rare Chinese saber guard dating from the height of the Qing dynasty.

€1500,-
Chinese hùshǒu with lantsa script

A Chinese sword guard from the 18th century with a Buddhist mantra in lantsa script.

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Early chilanum hilt

An old bronze hilt in the shape of chilanum hilts.

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A Japanese wari-kōgai

Iron chopsticks that combine as a kogai, with silver inlaid Paulownia mon.

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"South China Sea Guard"

Most likely used by the multi-cultural crews of pirate fleets that roamed the South China seas.

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Kiyou-Toujin Tsuba

A Japanese style sword guard made in 17th century Nagasaki Chinatown.

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Tachi tsuba of nanban tetsu

A rare 17th-century sword guard made of foreign steel.

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House of Aviz tsuba

A Japanese sword guard with the cross of the House of Aviz.

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A Korean sword guard

Adjusted for use on a Japanese sword.

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Asian export sword guard

An interesting pierced iron Asian export sword guard that is part of a small group of guards that

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Iron ship sword guard

A chiseled iron sword guard depicting a Dutch ship with a figure on its stern.

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Sinhalese export sword guard

A large circular Asian export sword guard with elaborate decor carved in relief on both sides.

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Fuchi kashira by Hisayuki

A beautiful signed Japanese ferrule and pommel plate.

€1200,-
Antique Chinese saber fittings

Description An antique set of scabbard fittings for a Chinese saber, probably second ha

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Chiseled iron Hindu basket hilt

With blackened iron panels with decorative borders carved in relief.

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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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Ono school ship tsuba

Description A classic Japanese ship tsuba with a motif called “kazeh

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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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"Love of Lotus" Korean guard

Description Korean ceremonial sabers of the Joseon dynasty are pretty

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