Bāxiān (八仙), "Eight Immortals"
Eight figures from Chinese Daoist mythology.
Kuíwén (夔紋)
Chinese decorative pattern consisting of archaic dragon motifs.
Bekhu
Nias name for the monkey-like figure carved on some sword hilts.
Lasara
Nias word for the monster head that the people of Nias carved.
Double-edged Bhutanese dagger
With triple grooves and in heavy silver mountings.
An early "piha-kaetta"
Of nice quality, with unusual openwork silver bolster with serapendiya.
Sérapéṅdiya
Sinhalese term for a mythical bird.
Belu
A mythical Burmese, shape-shifting creature.
Lěngyànjù (冷豔鋸)
Nickname for Guan Yu's "Green Dragon Crescent Blade".
Sérapéṅdiya mūna
Sinhala for the head of a mythical bird. Often used as sword ornament.
Kīrtimukha
An all-devouring creature that is used across Asia as an auspicious decorative element.
Tāotiè (饕餮)
Tāotiè (饕餮) is a mythical creature that is used as a decorative element.
Tanjore spearhead
Description
A south Indian spearhead with a thick double-edged, symmetrical leaf-shaped blade.
A fine Indian toradar with inlaid stock
General introduction
A number of downsized Indian toradar with such lavish inlays are in circulati