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Converted Chinese guard

A purely Chinese guard and not a very ornate one.

€175,-
Chinese target arrow

With snake skin nock. Probably made by Ju Yuan Hao in the 1950s.

€200,-
"South China Sea Guard"

Most likely used by the multi-cultural crews of pirate fleets that roamed the South China seas.

€250,-
An eccentric khukurī

With engraved spine and unusual all brass pommel.

€275,-
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,-
A humble service khukurī

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

€300,-
Classic Choshu ship tsuba

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

€350,-
Half bone hilted khukurī

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

€375,-
Khukurī with inlaid hilt

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

€430,-
Ramree veteran khukurī

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

€450,-
Iron ship sword guard

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

€450,-
Sadeli walking cane

Covered almost entirely in very fine "sadeli" marquetry that is associated primarily with Gujarat.

€475,-
A good old khukurī

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

€475,-
19th century military khukurī

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

€475,-
Khukurī in wooden scabbard

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

€500,-
Sumatran keris panjang

A type of long keris often described as "execution keris".

€500,-
Ceremonial yem nguyệt đao

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

€550,-
Large silver mounted khukuri

With pierced mounts and velvet-covered scabbard.

€600,-
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 trousse khukurī

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

€600,-
A "dui chirra" khukuri

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

€625,-
Fuchi kashira by Hisayuki

A beautiful signed Japanese ferrule and pommel plate.

€750,-
South Indian katar with Bikaner marks

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

€750,-
Brass mounted Thai dáap

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

€750,-
Burmese double knives

A rare set of twin knives in a single scabbard.

€750,-
Chinese hùshǒu with lantsa script

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

€800,-
Burmese silver overlaid dha

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

€800,-
An early sirupātē khukurī

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

€800,-
Asian export sword guard

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

€900,-
Large Vietnamese trường đao

Of very good quality for this type of weapon.

€950,-
A large Vietnamese falchion

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

€1100,-
Triple golden crown sikin

A sikin panjang with a triple golden crown.

€1100,-
Chinese trousse in Mongolian style

With heavy pierced silver mounts in with archaic dragon designs.

€1200,-
Box of Javanese arrows

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

€1200,-
Kiyou-Toujin Tsuba

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

€1200,-
A fine south Nias telögu

With rare pale buffalo horn hilt with gold alloy inlays.

€1200,-
A Sumbawa Kabeala

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

€1250,-
Early silver Burmese dha

With elaborate silver overlaid blade and inlaid iron hilt.

€1300,-
Qing openwork saber guard

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

€1500,-
A Chinese hook sword

A rather well-made example of its type.

€1500,-
Golden damascened boy's katar

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

€1500,-
Chilanum dagger

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

€1500,-
Heavy Rajput katar

A heavy Indian katar with substantial armor piercing blade.

Reserved
Plain mounted Mindan dha

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

€1500,-
A very good Burmese walking stick

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

€1600,-
A curved Deccan katar

With elaborately pierced and chiseled hilt.

€1600,-
Ivory hilted dha

An earlier example with an iconographic hilt.

€1650,-
Fine Chinese Shan dha

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

€1750,-
Fine Burmese dha hmyaung

With intricately carved ivory hilt depicting a demon on a horse.

€1800,-
Chinese Shan presentation dha

Presented by the local Dai nobility to a British customs officer in 1936.

€2000,-
Fine toradar with stippled barrel

With markings attributing it to Jalore.

€2000,-