Items | Mandarin Mansion

Silver hilted Tibetan shortsword

Of typical form, but with an all-silver hilt that carries Chinese silver marks.

Sold
Bhutanese "churi chenm" sword

This style was worn by nobles and senior officials.

Sold
Tibetan or Mongolian quiver

Of an early type with dramatic widened shape.

Sold
Tibetan shortsword from Ladakh

With elaborately pierced and chased silver scabbard.

Sold
Tibetan style pierced saddle plate

With designs of four dragons in scrollwork around a "wish-granting-jewel"

Sold
Tibetan helmet with armor

Description Presented in this article is a Tibetan eight-plate helmet w

Sold
A Bhutanese "churi chenm" sword

Referring to the wavy patterns on the midsection of the silver scabbard.

Sold
Tibetan bowcase and quiver

Of the 19th century. Ex Stephen Selby collection.

Sold
Tibetan shortsword with rare blade

With ce rong or "open ravines" pattern of zig-zag lines in the steel.

Sold
Double-edged Bhutanese dagger

With triple grooves and in heavy silver mountings.

Sold
Sulawesi sword with VOC blade

A very good sword from South Sulawesi (Celebes) with silver mounts and a dated VOC blade.

Sold
A nanban kozuka / kogatana

Nanban kozuka are extremely rare, and this is a particularly fine example.

Sold
Tibetan matchlock musket

A nice example of a rare, shorter carbine sized Tibetan matchlock musket.

Sold
Studded Eastern Tibetan dagger

Of Kham area regional style, with a grip studded with turquoises and corals.

Sold
Tibetan mail shirt, helmet and mirrors

Collected by American anthropologist Melvyn Goldstein in the 1980s.

Sold
A "churi chenm" sword

A fine example of a Bhutanese shortsword with "churi chenm" scabbard.

Sold
Early lacquered quiver

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

Sold
Tibetan oracle crown skull

A flaming skull that was once part of the crown of a Tibetan oracle.

Sold
A sawasa hunting hanger

Sawasa is a copper-gold alloy that was patinated a "raven black" and then highlights were parcel-gilt.

Sold
Fine Tibetan gem studded dagger

A very rare type of dagger that originates from the borderlands of Eastern Tibet and Sichuan.

Sold
A notable Bhutanese sword

Its silver scabbard richly decorated in churi chenm style or "wavy pattern".

Sold
Bhutanese shortsword

From the P. Holstein collection, published in 1931.

Sold
Mongol conquest period quiver

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

Sold
Tibetan cavalry dpa'dam

With massive blade and silk brocade decorated scabbard.

Sold
Tibetan bowcase & quiver

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

Sold