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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 yidao guard logo

    Yidao guard

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

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  • Early Tibetan or Mongol quiver

    Mongol conquest period quiver

    Carbon dated to 1175-1275 A.D. with 95,4% certainty, the height of the Mongol conquest period.

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  • Korean bowcase and quiver logo

    Korean bowcase & quiver

    A very rare matching set of Korean bowcase and quiver.

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  • Vintage Korean horn bow logo

    Korean horn bow set

    An old Korean hornbow from the 50s or 60s with string and arrows.

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  • Kinai tsuba logo

    Fine Kinai dragon tsuba

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

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  • Bowcase and quiver logo

    Tibetan bowcase & quiver

    A matched set of lacquered leather, finely decorated with gradient colors and black and gold detailing.

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  • Nanban style ship tsuba signed Hishu Kanesada logo

    Signed nanban style ship tsuba

    Signed by an artist named Kanesada from Higo.

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  • Tetsugendo Seiryuken Eiji tsuba

    Seiryūken Eiju dragon tsuba

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

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  • Sawasa style guard logo

    Sawasa style iron guard

    Unusual piece with depiction of a foreign figure.

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  • Chysanthemum tsuba

    Iron chrysanthemum tsuba

    Large example with gold and silver overlay.

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  • Dragon gate guard logo

    Unusual dragon gate guard

    Asian sword guard of unknown origin, modified in Japan.

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  • Canton tsuba

    Japanese tsuba in Canton style

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

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  • Rooster fight kozuka logo

    Rooster fight kozuka

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

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  • Compass rose guard logo

    Cast iron compass rose guard

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

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  • Ainu sword hilt logo

    Ainu sword hilt

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

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  • Mongolian target quiver logo

    Mongolian target quiver

    Combining surplus Qing mounts with Mongol leatherwork.

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  • Kankyuto logo

    An Edo period kankyûtô

    A double-edged samurai tool with morbid origins.

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  • Ju Yuan Hao bow by Yang Wentong

    Bow by Yang Wentong

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

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  • Korean war arrow

    Rare Korean war arrow

    With a large double-edged tip and golden cresting.

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  • Ju Yuan Hao target arrow logo

    Chinese target arrow

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

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  • Yang Wentong bow logo

    Bow by Ju Yuan Hao of Beijing

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

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  • Qing bowcase and quiver

    Iron mounted Qing bowcase & quiver

    With iron mounts with golden overlay of dragons.

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  • Republican era whistling arrow with burl wood head

    Republican period whistle arrow

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

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  • Chinese loukong export guard

    Chinese lòukōng sword guard

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

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  • Qing om a hum mantra saber guard

    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 Tibetan or Mongolian quiver logo

    Early lacquered quiver

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

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  • Malachite Manchu thumb ring logo

    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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  • Strength testing bow logo

    A Qing strength bow

    A very heavy Manchu bow used for strength training and military examinations.

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  • Deconstructed Qing bow logo

    A deconstructed Qing bow

    For the bowyers, a set of parts of an authentic 19th century Qing bow.

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  • Qing folding bow logo

    Qing folding bow

    A short-eared composite bow with an iron hinge in the handle so it folds upon itself.

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  • Yari logo

    An interesting Japanese yari

    Signed Yasutsugu, with sayagaki referring to the Tokugawa family.

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  • Wari kogai logo

    A Japanese wari-kōgai

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

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  • Sword guard

    "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

    Kiyou-Toujin Tsuba

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

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  • Nanban steel tsuba

    Tachi tsuba of nanban tetsu

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

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  • Aviz tsuba

    House of Aviz tsuba

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

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  • Jinchuan quiver logo

    Rare Jinchuan quiver

    With a connection to local royalty in Jinchuan, Sichuan province.

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  • Qing dynasty archer's belt

    Qing archer's belt

    Made of heavy silk with gilt copper alloy mounts.

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  • Tibetan or Mongolian quiver logo

    Tibetan or Mongolian quiver

    Of an early type with dramatic widened shape.

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  • Tibetan or Mongolian bow case logo

    Early Tibetan or Mongol bow case

    With gold and black painted face with geometric decor.

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  • Korean guard

    A Korean sword guard

    Adjusted for use on a Japanese sword.

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  • Korean archery set with hornbow, quivers, arrows, bow bag and string logo

    Vintage Korean archery set

    Comprising of a bow, arrows, and string sent to the U.S.A. in 1964 plus an associated quiver.

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  • Manchu bow with red bellies logo

    A rare Qing bow

    With translucent horn bellies glued on red pigment.

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  • A Manchu style bow from the Changxing workshop in Chengdu logo

    A Chinese bow by Changxing

    Rare extant work of a famous workshop in Chengdu.

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  • Chinese saber mounts

    Antique Chinese saber fittings

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

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  • Ship tsuba

    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

    Ono school ship tsuba

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

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  • Korean love lotus guard

    "Love of Lotus" Korean guard

    Description Korean ceremonial sabers of the Joseon dynasty are pretty

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  • Ezo style tsuba

    Ezo style tsuba

    Introduction What are today known as "Ezo fittings" are a style of Japanese sword mount

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  • Asian Export Tsuba

    Eight-lobed openwork tsuba

    Description A fairly unusual piece, of eight-lobed design.

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  • Japanese tsuba

    A Japanese nanban style tsuba

    Description An interesting little sword guard, of fairly simple form w

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