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A South Indian khanjarli

A fine, early example with silver-plated details.

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A curved Deccan katar

With elaborately pierced and chiseled hilt.

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Early Indian fighting sword

With a recurved blade and elaborate bronze hilt decorated with chakras.

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Bhutanese sword in tribal scabbard

With early pierced iron pommel and a style of scabbard worn in Arunachal Pradesh.

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Cantonese saber

With brass mounts and ray skin covered scabbard.

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Plain mounted Mindan dha

Plain when sheathed, unsheathing reveals a rather nice silver overlaid blade.

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South Indian chiseled iron katar

A nice honest example of an early south Indian katar with great sculptural qualities.

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Ainu sword hilt

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

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Pōdāo with dragon tūnkǒu

With a large iron guard and hard wooden shaft.

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A Chinese hook sword

A rather well-made example of its type.

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Silver mounted Ottoman dagger

Description A nice Balkan Ottoman dagger of a type called hançer

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An unusual ḍhāl

A translucent hide shield with gilt brass ornaments. Probably Nepalese of for a Nepalese client.

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Ottoman bichaq (knife)

Description An Ottoman bichaq, literally "knife", shaped like

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Ottoman bow with siper and arrows

Description A rare Ottoman bow that has seen better days.

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A peudeueng peusangan

From the Aceh region, described locally as peudeueng peusangan with a "hulu meu apet" or Indian styled basket hilt.

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Vietnamese musket with silver lock

Cochinchina, second half of the 18th century.

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A gilt Indian jambiya

With gilt-copper hilt and scabbard done in beautiful Kutch style repousse work.

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Late Qing tuánliàn jiàn

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

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Tibetan shortsword with pierced mounts

With characteristic pointy hairpin forged blade.

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Antique wide bladed hudiedao

Introduction The hudiedao (蝴蝶刀), are a type of double swords peculiar to t

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A Korean sword guard

Adjusted for use on a Japanese sword.

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An early form niúwěidāo

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

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A fine walking cane from Madras

Made of a beautiful piece of black zitan hardwood, carved in a spiral, topped with a silver knob.

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A fine Yunnan Dai dagger

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

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A large Qing dàdāo

Large and heavy example with the notable Umlauff provenance.

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Rare Modang Mandau

With the characteristic carved face hilt and the rarer "sarong seltoep" scabbard.

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Ainu knife

Of a typical style used in Hokkaido in the 19th century.

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A wide Chinese fighting knife

With the relatively rare feature of a raised backedge.

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Hudiedao set

Introduction The hudiedao (蝴蝶刀), are a type of double swords p

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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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Bow by Yang Wentong

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

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Ivory hilted dha

An earlier example with an iconographic hilt.

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Katar with complex ribbed blade

A substantial example, of elegant form, with a complex grooved blade.

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A streaked lin gin

These ornate versions with hairpin forged blades were worn by local royalty.

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Jūn Huǒ Jú-made saber

Produced in the ordnance factory in Zengbu, near Guangzhou.

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Northern wootz katar

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

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Fine Chinese Shan dha

Entirely clad in silver and with a differentially heat treated blade.

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Southern Chinese yǎnyuèdāo

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

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Tiger hilt sword with VOC blade

With Dutch VOC blade, marked with the Amsterdam monogram.

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Chinese tiěbiān mace

A Chinese "sword breaker" with the rarer, bamboo-sectioned rod.

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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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A rare shortsword from Eastern Tibet

Description An interesting Tibetan shortsword with acute point.

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Late Qing jian

A typical example, complete with lacquered scabbard.

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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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Fine Dayak blowgun

Long piece, original length, with aso motif inlaid in blade.

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Persian wootz double spearhead

Finely crafted wootz blade, and golden inlays at the base.

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Slender hudiedao pair

A classic example of the narrow military type, with brass guards.

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Chinese double shortswords

A good set of the first half of the 19th century, with large and rather heavy forge folded blades.

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A good pair of butterfly swords

Introduction The hudiedao (蝴蝶刀), are a type of double swords p

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Vijayanagara "pata"

A very early example of the type, with locally made rapier style blade.

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A Vietnamese matchlock musket

Called Súng hỏa mai in Vietnamese, with baitong lock.

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Vijayanagara katar

A 16th hooded katar with the wide, ribbed blade that is characteristic for this period.

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