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Converted Chinese guard

A purely Chinese guard and not a very ornate one.

€175,-
A humble service khukurī

A 19th-century piece with a simple blade but nicely carved hilt.

€250,-
An eccentric khukurī

With engraved spine and unusual all brass pommel.

€275,-
Sinhalese kirichchiya

With carved horn hilt and characteristic finger guard.

€300,-
A Sinhalese knife

Rarely seen today, a commoner's example with carved, bone hilt.

€300,-
Bhutanese dagger

With narrow blade and all brass mounts.

€300,-
Half bone hilted khukurī

With wide blade and a two-tone hilt in cattle bone and wood, capped with brass.

€350,-
19th century military khukurī

A workhorse with a stamped mark at the base of the blade.

€350,-
Classic Choshu ship tsuba

The work nice and crisp, the execution has a naturalistic charm to it.

€350,-
Balinese keris

A classic example with an older blade and timaha wood scabbard.

€350,-
Antique Chinese spearhead 2

Of classic shape, with a leaf-shaped blade on a socket, connected by a cast bronze base.

€375,-
Antique Chinese spearhead

Of classic shape, with a leaf-shaped blade on a socket, connected by a cast bronze base.

€400,-
Wood hilted dahmjaun

With iron ferrule and copper and silver overlaid blade.

€400,-
Ramree veteran khukurī

Signed: Ricky Milnes, India 44, Burma 44, Ramree 45.

€400,-
Large khukurī with inlaid hilt

Late 19th century with a good, well-made blade.

€400,-
Ceremonial yem nguyệt đao

Modeled after the Chinese "guan dao", made of lacquered wood.

€400,-
A mandau sword

The sword and everyday tool of the headhunters of Borneo.

€420,-
Signed nakago kozuka

A by-knife for a Japanese sword, with a hilt shaped like a sword tang.

€450,-
An Edo period kankyûtô

A double-edged samurai tool with morbid origins.

€450,-
Khukurī in wooden scabbard

The scabbard carved as to closely mimic a tooled leather scabbard.

€450,-
Iron ship sword guard

A chiseled iron sword guard depicting a Dutch ship with a figure on its stern.

€450,-
Large silver mounted khukuri

With pierced mounts and velvet-covered scabbard.

€450,-
A good old khukurī

Of late 19th century make, with a very good blade.

€475,-
Ottoman cartridge pouches

with space for 20 cartridges, complete with powder flask.

€500,-
An early sirupātē khukurī

With a heavy blade of elegant slender form. Complete with tools.

€500,-
A trousse khukurī

Its scabbard with 12 pockets, with 10 of the items remaining.

€500,-
Rare Korean war arrow

With a large double-edged tip and golden cresting.

€500,-
Malachite Manchu archer's ring

Such rings were worn by Qing dynasty "bannermen" as a sign of their status as a conquest elite.

€600,-
A "dui chirra" khukuri

Named so after the two ridges that are formed on the bi-fullered blade.

€625,-
A Kenyah mandau

The famous sidearm of the headhunters of Borneo.

€650,-
Sikin panjang with golden crown

In original condition and period finish. Some losses, no repairs.

€650,-
Brass mounted Thai dáap

Description A charming and somewhat unusual example of a Thai dáap (ดาบ).

€675,-
Talwar with Mamluk style blade

In Punjabi style hilt, with elaborately chiseled blade.

€750,-
South Indian katar with Bikaner marks

An interesting South Indian style katar with an imported European blade.

€750,-
Burmese silver overlaid dha

On a sturdy, user-grade blade with temper line.

€800,-
Chinese hùshǒu with lantsa script

A Chinese sword guard from the 18th century with a Buddhist mantra in lantsa script.

€800,-
Kiyou-Toujin Tsuba

A Japanese style sword guard made in 17th century Nagasaki Chinatown.

€800,-
Asian export sword guard

An interesting pierced iron Asian export sword guard that is part of a small group of guards that

€900,-
A Palembang sword with British blade

With finely carved horn hilt, silver mounts and reshaped European blade.

€1000,-
A large Vietnamese falchion

Description A rather unusual Vietnamese falchion, by lack of a better n

€1100,-
Fuchi kashira by Hisayuki

A beautiful signed Japanese ferrule and pommel plate.

€1200,-
Yatağan dated 1790-1791

An old warhorse with several repairs.

€1200,-
A fine mandau

With less common wooden hilt and elaborately inlaid blade in brass, copper and silver.

€1200,-
Box of Javanese arrows

Used in a target archery sport that was originally practiced in the Keraton.

€1200,-
Golden damascened boy's katar

A rare example with pattern welded blade, retaining its original scabbard.

€1200,-
Chinese trousse in Mongolian style

With heavy pierced silver mounts in with archaic dragon designs.

€1200,-
A Sumbawa Kabeala

With broad silver-clad scabbard, worked entirely in repousse.

€1250,-
Chilanum dagger

Somewhat worn but once very high-quality, with great sculptural qualities and remains of silver "true inlay".

€1500,-
A curved Deccan katar

With elaborately pierced and chiseled hilt.

€1500,-
An early "piha-kaetta"

Of nice quality, with unusual openwork silver bolster with serapendiya.

€1500,-
Qing openwork saber guard

A very rare Chinese saber guard dating from the height of the Qing dynasty.

€1500,-
South Indian chiseled iron katar

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

Reserved