South Indian katar with Bikaner marks
An interesting South Indian style katar with an imported European blade.
€650,-
A large Vietnamese falchion
Description A rather unusual Vietnamese falchion, by lack of a better n
€1100,-
Chilanum dagger
Somewhat worn but once very high-quality, with great sculptural qualities and remains of silver "true inlay".
€2300,-
Asian export sword guard
An interesting pierced iron Asian export sword guard that is part of a small group of guards that
Reserved
Large tin chirra kothimora khukuri
An exceptionally large example with a desirable three fullered blade.
€2200,-
A fine Sindh flintlock
A large gun with English flintlock mechanism, as favored by the Mirs of the Talpur court. In very good condition, with…
€7300,-
A fine and unusual Dutch colonial gun
Based on the Dutch Beaumont mechanism, but with Indonesian twist forged barrel and golden inlays.
€5000,-
A Vietnamese Christian cross
Constructed out of dense hardwood and with fine mother-of-pearl inlays in the Vietnamese fashion.
€2000,-
Qing openwork saber guard
A very rare Chinese saber guard dating from the height of the Qing dynasty.
€1500,-
Khukurī in wooden scabbard
The scabbard carved as to closely mimic a tooled leather scabbard.
€450,-
Antique Chinese spearhead
Of classic shape, with a leaf-shaped blade on a socket, connected by a cast bronze base.
€400,-
Antique Chinese spearhead 2
Of classic shape, with a leaf-shaped blade on a socket, connected by a cast bronze base.
€375,-
Gold mounted presentation khukurī
Thought to have been presented by the Royal House of Nepal.
€3000,-
A fine 19th century khukurī
With iron, silver overlaid hilt. Its associated scabbard features fine quillwork.
€1800,-
An early "piha-kaetta"
Of nice quality, with unusual openwork silver bolster with serapendiya.
€1500,-
Golden inlaid Korean jangdo
Made of blackened copper-gold alloy, finely inlaid with poems in pure gold.
Reserved
A Sinhalese kirichchiya
A rare type of Sinhalese dagger with stylized bird hilt and blade with backedge.
€400,-
The Wiasemsky Montagnard dha
Collected by a Russian prince from the hill peoples of central Vietnam in 1892.
€1800,-
Nanban kogai & kozuka set (futakoromono)
The only set of its type known to me in both private and museum collections.
Price on request
An old dha (carbon 14 dated)
Found in excavated condition, published with results of c-14 and XRF analysis.
€1000,-
Very good sikin panjang
Its blade with very fine and complex pamor, brought out by a polish.
€2200,-
Wan-gata tsuba by Kunihiro
Its outer surface is decorated with interlocking swastikas and family crests.
€460,-
Daruma tsuba
A peculiar tsuba with a depiction of Bodhidharma and two dragon chasing a pearl.
€420,-
The saber of Manchu Wu Songlu
A standard pattern Qing military saber, but with the rare addition of a label in Manchu.
€1900,-
Peony karakusa tsuba
Executed in "nanban style" openwork with chiseled and gold-encrusted peonies.
€350,-
A fine north Indian dagger
Of jambiya form, with pattern welded blade and fine silver scabbard mounts.
Reserved
Rare beladau lebar dagger
A rare type of dagger from South Kalimantan, loosely based on Islamic daggers seen worn by traders.
€475,-
A Khasi dao
These mysterious weapons were already obsolete when the first ethnographers encountered them.
€3200,-
A milam of the Garo
This peculiar sword was used by the Garo people of Assam for fighting, clearing the jungle, and animal sacrifices.
€1800,-
Fine Burmese silver sword scabbard
It represents the best of Burmese silversmithing with repousse work in high relief.
€3800,-
Gilt duanjian with foreign blade
Unusual Chinese duanjian with fine gilt mounts and a blade of non-Chinese origin.
€3200,-
Later South Nias belatu
Nice and complete example with talisman basket. Probably 20th century.
€1100,-
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