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  • Thai Niello sword

    Thai gilded silver niello sword

    Straight gold inlaid blade and silver-gilt niello mounts.

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  • Northern Vietnamese saber logo

    A Tonkinese saber

    Northern Vietnam, 19th century

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  • Wootz khanjar blade logo

    Fine wootz khanjar

    With early blade of "brilliant black" wootz.

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  • Tibetan quiver logo

    Broken Tibetan quiver

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

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  • Southeast Asian shield logo

    Thai wooden shield

    Made of lacquered wood, it depicts a Chinese-style tiger.

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  • Jade hilted Qing imperial court dagger logo

    Qing imperial jade hilted dagger

    An extremely rare dagger, made in the Qing court workshops.

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  • Ainu dagger logo

    Ainu dagger

    Called kuttom-ushbe in the local language. This one mounted in deer antler mounts.

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  • Mini makiri logo

    Miniature Ainu makiri

    Despite its size it is of remarkably fine workmanship.

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  • Qing dynasty dadao logo

    A large Qing dàdāo

    Large and heavy example with the notable Umlauff provenance.

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  • Antique Beijing hat logo

    Black velvet Beijing hat

    The hat traditionally worn by Beijingese gentlemen.

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  • Chinese bamboo helmet logo

    Southern Chinese military bamboo helmet

    The archetype Chinese bamboo helmet that is often seen on early photos.

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  • Chinese twisted hilt knife

    Twisted hilt knife

    Unusual Chinese knife with a twisted hilt with horn scales.

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  • Jinchuan trousse set logo

    Unusual bone and horn trousse

    DescriptionAn unusual Chinese trousse set.

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  • Friends of winter trousse logo

    Inlaid lacquer trousse set

    Unusual Chinese trousse set with "friends of winter" theme.

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  • Yunnan knives pair logo

    Pair of fine Yunnan knives

    Carrying Chinese silver marks on their scabbard mounts.

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  • Tibetan nomad whip end logo

    Tibetan nomad's whip end

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

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  • Pelet repeating crossbow logo

    Repeating pellet crossbow stock

    A very rare variety of the Chinese repeating crossbow that shoots large pellets.

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  • Chinese jian

    Qing jiàn in later mounts

    Qing period blade in very nicely made early 20th century mounts.

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  • Chinese matchlock pistol logo

    Chinese matchlock pistol

    The first of its kind I've ever seen on the market.

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  • Chinese jade hilted knife logo

    Chinese jade hilted knife

    With fine quality jade hilt and baitong mounted scabbard.

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  • Tibetan nomad's whip logo

    Tibetan nomad's whip

    Consisting of an iron weight on a long leather strap.

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  • Qing tuanlian jian

    Late Qing tuánliàn jiàn

    Long yet light, with unusual flower-shaped iron guard.

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  • Tuanlian jian logo

    Large Ming tuánliàn jiàn

    A large piece dating from the Ming-Qing transition period of the 17th century.

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  • Southern Chinese bannerman huyadao

    Southern Bannermen Hǔyádāo

    A pair, both with Banner markings, one Manchu and one Hanjun.

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  • Solo court keris

    Solo court keris

    With raised gold overlay and gilt-enamel

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  • 17th century Vietnamese lance

    17th century Vietnamese lance

    With a black and gold metal sleeve, often called "sawasa".

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  • Persian erotic dagger hilt logo

    Persian dagger with erotic scene

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

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  • Qing peidao with silver overlay logo

    Silver overlaid pèidāo

    A Qing officer saber with silver overlay on the blade.

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  • Punjabi Khanda for the court of Ratlam logo

    Punjabi khanda for court of Ratlam

    The hilt carries an inscription dating it to 1841.

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  • Indian arrows logo

    Group of mounted Indian arrows

    Featuring various extremely rare arrows with crescent heads.

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  • Sipar fouladi (wootz shield) logo

    Large sipar fouladi (wootz shield)

    North Indian shield entirely made of wootz, including its bosses.

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  • Kapwah dagger logo

    Early Mughal kapwah

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

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  • Tipu mania child's talwar logo

    Southern Indian child's talwar

    With an inscription alluding to it having belonged to the son of Tipu Sultan.

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  • Rajput katar with rubies logo

    Rajput katar with rubies and diamonds

    Of steel construction with gold overlay. Of a type produced in Rajasthan in the early 1800s.

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  • Garsoee katar

    Garsoee katar

    An enigmatic type of katar produced in various places in India.

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  • Firangi logo

    Firanghi with gold overlaid hilt

    The manner of decoration is entirely geometrical, which is very hard to do right.

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  • Indian ganga-jamni kard logo

    Ganga Jamni decorated kard

    Ganga - Jamni refers to the rivers of the Ganges and Jamna. It was used to describe metalwork done in contrasting…

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  • Deccan talwar of William Fraser logo

    A Fraser talwar from the Deccan

    Once belonging to William Fraser (1784-1835), a British civil servant.

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  • 18th century Indian talwar with Fraser provenance

    A Fraser talwar, 18th century

    Once belonging to William Fraser (1784-1835), a British civil servant.

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  • Silver mounted dha logo

    Silver mounted dha

    With entirely silver covered hilt and silver mounts on scabbard.

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  • Burmese dha logo

    Burmese dha with interesting blade

    With inscriptions on blade, unusual grooves, and brass inlaid copper mounts.

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  • Plain dha with baldric logo

    Plain dha with baldric

    Nice plain dha as used in Yunnan, Burma, and northern Thailand. Complete with baldric.

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  • Caucasian flintlock pistol logo

    Caucasian silver niello miquelet pistol

    Dagestani work from the town of Kubatchi, early to mid 19th century.

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  • Caucasian shashka dated 1919

    Dagestani shashka dated 1912

    A nice Caucasian shashka from Dagestan with a Russian imperial monogram.

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  • Balinese buntel mayat keris logo

    Bali buntel mayat keris

    Bali keris with fine slanted wrapped pamor, considered to be one of the most powerful pamor.

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  • Hachiwari

    Very good hachiwari

    Literally "skull splitter", more widely known as kabutowari; "helmet splitter." An excellent example, one of the best…

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  • Chinese yidao guard logo

    Yidao guard

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

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  • Vietnamese rectangular wooden shield logo

    Vietnamese wooden shield

    Rare type of rectangular wooden shield from Vietnam.

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  • Vietnamese short kiem logo

    Vietnamese shortsword

    A short version of the Vietnamese kiếm sword with a finely carved horn hilt.

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  • Katana with horse themed koshirae logo

    Katana in horse theme koshirae

    Blade signed Sesshū-jū Fujiwara Hiroyoshi, active in the 1670s-80s.

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  • Han Plain Red Banner saber

    Han Plain Red Banner saber

    Southern Chinese saber made for a soldier under the Plain Red Banner.

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  • Shimosaka o-tanto

    Shimosaka o-tantō

    N.B.T.H.K. Hozon with a set of Nanban-style koshirae with signed tsuba.

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