Important Daoist jiàn
Carbon dated to the late Ming dynasty, the blade is full of Daoist magic.Gallery
Chinese dish with lady mary and child
A rare early dish meant for a Christian market.Sold
Bāxiān (八仙), "Eight Immortals"
Eight figures from Chinese Daoist mythology.
Kuíwén (夔紋)
Chinese decorative pattern consisting of archaic dragon motifs.
Gankyil
Tibetan name for a Buddhist symbol consisting of three or four elements in a circle.
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.Sold
Chinese medium size jian
A heavy piece with a substantial blade, with smooth bronze mounts.Sold
Bāguà (八卦) "Eight Trigrams"
Chinese meaning "Eight Trigrams", representing the fundamental principles of our world.
Lóngquán Daoist shuāngjiàn
A very good set of Daoist straightswords in a single scabbard. There is a lot to see here, but I will start with the blades.Sold
An early "piha-kaetta"
Of nice quality, with unusual openwork silver bolster with serapendiya.Sold
Unusual Indian zulfiqar sword
With bifurcated S-shaped blade in talwar hilt.Sold
Talwar with Mamluk style blade
In Punjabi style hilt, with elaborately chiseled blade.Sold
Sérapéṅdiya
Sinhalese term for a mythical bird.
Astamangala
Tibetan for the Eight Buddhist Treasures
A Vietnamese Christian cross
Constructed out of dense hardwood and with fine mother-of-pearl inlays in the Vietnamese fashion.Sold
A fine late Qing jian
A step above the norm in quality for this period, with nicely pierced mounts.Sold
Belu
A mythical Burmese, shape-shifting creature.
Dhu alfaqar (ذو الفقار)
An Islamic legendary sword.
Qing military rank badge
Depicting the golden cat, representing the 6th military rank.Sold
Seven stars militia jian
A short, stout Chinese straightsword of a type used by village defenses across the empire.Sold
Eight Buddhist Treasures
A suite of eight auspicious symbols used in Buddhist art.
Inome (猪目)
"Boar's eye", a heart-shaped pattern commonly used in Japanese art.
Mamluk style sword in talwar hilt
Chiseled with a rare type of decor on the base, and with two Islamic inscriptions.Sold
House of Aviz tsuba
A Japanese sword guard with the cross of the House of Aviz.Sold
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.
Zulfiqar
An Islamic legendary sword.
Běidǒu (北斗)
The Seven Stars of the "the Big Dipper". An important constellation in traditional Chinese philosophy and religion.
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.
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Antique Chinese jian
A fine Chinese straightsword blade, of typical Qing form with a rather wide profile.Sold
Ten avatars of Vishnu katar
Vishnu, the Hindu god of preservation, took many mortal shapes, or "avatar"Best sold
Large Chinese Daoist sword
Chiseled in the blade is “勅今” which could either mean "imperial order" or "Daoist magic command".Sold
A fine Indian toradar with inlaid stock
General introduction
A number of downsized Indian toradar with such lavish inlays are in
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An antique Chinese practice sword
With Daoist talisman and Longquan markings.Sold
The Demon Repeller - Talisman sword
Introduction
The Chinese straightsword or jian (劍) was the side arm
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