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Paiwan tjakit with provenance

It was collected by Laurens Langewis, an early 20th-century ethnographer and author.

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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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Mongolian target quiver

Combining surplus Qing mounts with Mongol leatherwork.

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A fine Yunnan Dai dagger

With characteristic bulb pommel and silver plating on hilt and scabbard.

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Golden inlaid Korean jangdo

Made of blackened copper-gold alloy, finely inlaid with poems in pure gold.

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Wavy Chinese spearhead

Of a rarer form, often used for ceremonial pole-arms.

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Liuyedao with very good blade

DescriptionThis Chinese liǔyèdāo is an excellent example of Chinese bladesmithi

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Lóngquán Daoist shuāngjiàn

A very good set of Daoist straightswords in a single scabbard. There is a lot to see here, but I will start with the…

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Three Tibetan armor mirrors

Of domed shape with upturned rim and indigo cotton lining.

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An Edo period kankyûtô

A double-edged samurai tool with morbid origins.

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Chinese báitóng whip

A Chinese traditional hidden striking weapon, this time executed in the "white copper" alloy.

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A Chinese headman's sword

Of rare form with short but very heavy double-edged blade.

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Japanese steel plate

Worked in repousse, possibly once part of an ornamental piece of armor.

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A rare chilseong-geom

A rare Korean saber with ray-skin grip and scabbard and silver overlaid iron mounts.

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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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Tibetan mail shirt, helmet and mirrors

Collected by American anthropologist Melvyn Goldstein in the 1980s.

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Qing fangshi soldier's saber

A rare surviving example of the simple military version of this style.

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Wakizashi in Burmese hilt

An unusual cross-cultural mix, blending Burmese, Japanese and Indian parts.

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A fine budhune khukurī

A fat-bellied variety of the Nepalese khukurī with mirror polished blade and iron handle with fine silver overlay.

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Kusari katabira zukin

Japanese mail set, with small ring vest and coif sewn to a thick cotton undergarment.

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A very rare Japanese knife

With a blade with a concave edge, in stained deerhorn mounts with fine silver wire inlays.

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Antique Chinese spearhead 3

Of classic shape, with a leaf-shaped blade on a socket, connected by a cast bronze base.

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Antique Chinese spearhead

Of classic shape, with a leaf-shaped blade on a socket, connected by a cast bronze base.

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Unusual Taiwanese sword

With a straight blade of asymmetrical grind and a strongly Chinese inspired scabbard.

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Bow by Yang Wentong

One of the last bows by Yang Wentong, father of Yang Fuxi.

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Rare Korean war arrow

With a large double-edged tip and golden cresting.

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Very good hudiedao set

With fine carved hilts, substantial bronze D-guards, and subtle signs of heat treatment on the blades.

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Khukurī in wooden scabbard

The scabbard carved as to closely mimic a tooled leather scabbard.

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A trousse khukurī

Its scabbard with 12 pockets, with 10 of the items remaining.

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Large khukurī with inlaid hilt

Late 19th century with a good, well-made blade.

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An early sirupātē khukurī

With a heavy blade of elegant slender form. Complete with tools.

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19th century military khukurī

A workhorse with a stamped mark at the base of the blade.

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Half bone hilted khukurī

With wide blade and a two-tone hilt in cattle bone and wood, capped with brass.

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A good old khukurī

Of late 19th century make, with a very good blade.

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The khukri of Peter L. Achard

Also known as kothimora khukuri, in a scabbard with repousse silver mounts.

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A humble service khukurī

A 19th-century piece with a simple blade but nicely carved hilt.

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An eccentric khukurī

With engraved spine and unusual all brass pommel.

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An unusual minority dao

The wide blade with clipped tip mounted on a riveted wooden grip.

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Chinese target arrow

With snake skin nock. Probably made by Ju Yuan Hao in the 1950s.

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Bow by Ju Yuan Hao of Beijing

Made by the last operational bowyer of China, probably for the Mongolian market.

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Iron mounted Qing bowcase & quiver

With iron mounts with golden overlay of dragons.

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Republican period whistle arrow

Dating from the revival period of Chinese archery in the 1930s.

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Chinese lòukōng sword guard

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

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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 lacquered quiver

It's face covered with beautifully lacquered leather, in that characteristic earlier style.

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Malachite Manchu archer's ring

Such rings were worn by Qing dynasty "bannermen" as a sign of their status as a conquest elite.

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Heavy Sino-Vietnamese dagger

With a very thick and heavy blade and nicely worked brass mounts.

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A fine late Qing jian

A step above the norm in quality for this period, with nicely pierced mounts.

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Cantonese saber

With brass mounts and ray skin covered scabbard.

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Southern Chinese saber

Of typical southern form with a very slender, pointy blade.

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Southern Chinese yǎnyuèdāo

A large and impressive blade, its pole cut-down.

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An early form niúwěidāo

With good, layered blade, mounted in forged iron mounts.

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