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Thai gilded silver niello sword

Straight gold inlaid blade and silver-gilt niello mounts.

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A Tonkinese saber

Northern Vietnam, 19th century

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Thai wooden shield

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

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Qing imperial jade hilted dagger

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

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Ainu dagger

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

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Miniature Ainu makiri

Despite its size it is of remarkably fine workmanship.

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A large Qing dàdāo

Large and heavy example with the notable Umlauff provenance.

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Black velvet Beijing hat

The hat traditionally worn by Beijingese gentlemen.

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Southern Chinese military bamboo helmet

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

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Twisted hilt knife

Unusual Chinese knife with a twisted hilt with horn scales.

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Unusual bone and horn trousse

DescriptionAn unusual Chinese trousse set.

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Inlaid lacquer trousse set

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

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Pair of fine Yunnan knives

Carrying Chinese silver marks on their scabbard mounts.

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Repeating pellet crossbow stock

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

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Qing jiàn in later mounts

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

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Chinese matchlock pistol

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

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Chinese jade hilted knife

With fine quality jade hilt and baitong mounted scabbard.

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Late Qing tuánliàn jiàn

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

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Large Ming tuánliàn jiàn

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

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Southern Bannermen Hǔyádāo

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

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Solo court keris

With raised gold overlay and gilt-enamel

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17th century Vietnamese lance

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

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Silver overlaid pèidāo

A Qing officer saber with silver overlay on the blade.

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Punjabi khanda for court of Ratlam

The hilt carries an inscription dating it to 1841.

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Group of mounted Indian arrows

Featuring various extremely rare arrows with crescent heads.

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Large sipar fouladi (wootz shield)

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

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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 and diamonds

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

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Garsoee katar

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

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Firanghi with gold overlaid hilt

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

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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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A Fraser talwar from the Deccan

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

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A Fraser talwar, 18th century

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

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Silver mounted dha

With entirely silver covered hilt and silver mounts on scabbard.

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Burmese dha with interesting blade

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

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Plain dha with baldric

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

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Bali buntel mayat keris

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

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Very good hachiwari

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

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Yidao guard

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

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Vietnamese wooden shield

Rare type of rectangular wooden shield from Vietnam.

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Vietnamese shortsword

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

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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

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

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Shimosaka o-tantō

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

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Southern katar with thick point

The blade with an extremely thick point on a very thin blade.

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Double bladed katar

Also called jamdhar doulicaneh. Forged from a single piece of steel, complete with scabbard.

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Northern wootz katar

With different types of decor on either side of the hilt.

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Vijayanagara hooded katar

With crisp, extremely very well-preserved wootz blade.

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Very fine Mindan dha

Fine silver overlaid dha made in Mindan village, south of Mandalay, gained fame in the 19th century.

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Qing peidao with gold grooves

With fine 18th century blade that combines many stylistic features.

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Slender chilanum dagger

Of elegant form with very crisp blade.

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Jade bamboo hilted knife

With spinach green jade handle and carved buffalo horn scabbard.

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