Kunikiyo wakizashi, Yamano test cut
A wakizashi by master Kunikiyo, tested by the most famous sword tester of 17th century Japan.
€18000,-
Nanban kogai & kozuka set (futakoromono)
The only set of its type known to me in both private and museum collections.
Price on request
Sinhalese kasthāné dated 1776
A very fine specimen with VOC blade and ruby-set scabbard.
Price on request
Early Tibetan or Mongolian quiver
A very rare example of a type of early all-leather tube quiver that was used by Mongols and Tibet
Price on request
Tongzhou incident 29th army dàdāo
With markings attributing it to the Tongzhou incident and a Japanese surrender tag.
€9500,-
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,-
Balinese keris of Ferdinand Blok
The 9-luk blade of strong proportions is engraved with the face of a demon.
€7000,-
Mamluk style sword in talwar hilt
Chiseled with a rare type of decor on the base, and with two Islamic inscriptions.
€6500,-
Chinese tiger shield
A large Chinese rattan shield called tengpai, used by special front-line troops.
€6000,-
Fine Burmese silver sword scabbard
It represents the best of Burmese silversmithing with repousse work in high relief.
€5200,-
Kutch shamshir for Benson
Blade of Persian shamshir form, but of Indian make. Mounts in Kutch style gilt copper.
€5200,-
A fine and unusual Dutch colonial gun
Based on the Dutch Beaumont mechanism, but with Indonesian twist forged barrel and golden inlays.
€5000,-
Gilt duanjian with foreign blade
Unusual Chinese duanjian with fine gilt mounts and a blade of non-Chinese origin.
€3800,-
A fine north Indian dagger
Of jambiya form, with pattern welded blade and fine silver scabbard mounts.
€3600,-
Suneate with Dutch leather
A pair of Samurai shin protectors finished with Dutch "goudleer".
€3600,-
A fine curved Deccan katar
With beautifully shaped blade and fine, elaborately chiseled hilt.
€3500,-
Khanda with etched blade
A 19th-century type with an etched blade, simulating patterned steel.
€3500,-
A Khasi dao
These mysterious weapons were already obsolete when the first ethnographers encountered them.
€3200,-
Gold mounted presentation khukurī
Thought to have been presented by the Royal House of Nepal.
€3000,-
Central Asian dated kard 1709
With wootz blade inlaid in gold with the name of the maker and the owner.
€2600,-
Nimble Vietnamese saber
With a narrow, double fullered blade and sharp tip and brass mounts in the earlier style.
Reserved
Chilanum dagger
Somewhat worn but once very high-quality, with great sculptural qualities and remains of silver "true inlay".
€2300,-
Very good sikin panjang
Its blade with very fine and complex pamor, brought out by a polish.
€2200,-
Chinese Shan presentation dha
Presented by the local Dai nobility to a British customs officer in 1936.
€2000,-
A Vietnamese Christian cross
Constructed out of dense hardwood and with fine mother-of-pearl inlays in the Vietnamese fashion.
€2000,-
The saber of Manchu Wu Songlu
A standard pattern Qing military saber, but with the rare addition of a label in Manchu.
€1900,-
A fine 19th century khukurī
With iron, silver overlaid hilt. Its associated scabbard features fine quillwork.
€1800,-
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,-
The Wiasemsky Montagnard dha
Collected by a Russian prince from the hill peoples of central Vietnam in 1892.
€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,-
A Padri carbine
An unusual variety, shortened to carbine size, with a chicken wing wood stock.
€1300,-
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