Items | Mandarin Mansion

Central Asian dated kard 1709

With wootz blade inlaid in gold with the name of the maker and the owner.

€2600,-
Ottoman Turkish ribbon sword

A remarkable example of bladesmithing with a 5 row twist-core pattern that meanders over the blade.

€2300,-
Signed nanban style ship tsuba

Signed by an artist named Kanesada from Higo.

€600,-
Indian spearheads and butt

A set for the beginning collector.

€450,-
Seiryūken Eiju dragon tsuba

Tetsugendo school. Round plate with discoid cross-section, chiseled with dragons.

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Khanda with etched blade

A late 19th-century type with an etched blade, simulating patterned steel.

€3500,-
Eastern Tibetan or Yunnan zhibeidao

A simple piece, but with a nicely etched blade typical for the Tibetan / Sichuan borderlands.

€600,-
Tibetan shortsword with pierced mounts

With characteristic pointy hairpin forged blade.

€1550,-
A fine north Indian dagger

Of jambiya form, with pattern welded blade and fine silver scabbard mounts.

€3800,-
Ceremonial peurise teumaga

Cast brass shield of a purely ceremonial type that was used during sword dances in Aceh.

€350,-
Vietnamese single edged spearhead

Large, heavy single-edged example with iron mounts.

€525,-
Afghan military saber

With an armory stamp dated Hijri 1326, corresponding to about 1908.

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Peony karakusa tsuba

Executed in "nanban style" openwork with chiseled and gold-encrusted peonies.

€350,-
Sawasa style iron guard

Unusual piece with depiction of a foreign figure.

€350,-
Iron chrysanthemum tsuba

Large example with gold and silver overlay.

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Unusual dragon gate guard

Asian sword guard of unknown origin, modified in Japan.

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Japanese tsuba in Canton style

Also known as Kwanto-gata, with two facing dragon chasing a pearl.

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Peranakan "pending" buckle

Belt buckle from West-Java, worn by Peranakan and wealthy Javanese women.

€250,-
Jamdhar katari

A Hindu dagger following an ancient style that was preserved in Afghanistan.

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Ottoman Kurdish kalkan

A small, heavily reinforced buckler as used by Ottoman Kurdish infantry.

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Sabiki or "Wahhabite jambiya"

With a long, sword-like blade characteristic of this type. With original belt.

€500,-
The saber of Manchu Wu Songlu

A standard pattern Qing military saber, but with the rare addition of a label in Manchu.

€2000,-
A large Qing dàdāo

Large and heavy example with the notable Umlauff provenance.

€1800,-
Daruma tsuba

A peculiar tsuba with a depiction of Bodhidharma and two dragon chasing a pearl.

€420,-
Palembang twist-core pedang

A Palembang style sword with a fine twist-core blade and carved hardwood scabbard.

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Bhutanese "churi chenm" sword

This style was worn by nobles and senior officials.

€2550,-
Wan-gata tsuba by Kunihiro

Its outer surface is decorated with interlocking swastikas and family crests.

€460,-
Indian madu parrying weapon

Made with two antelope horns and an iron shield.

€800,-
Chin nicotine flask

A very rare flask used by Chin men of Burma for sipping nicotine water.

€360,-
Dayak carved ceremonial paddle

A fine ceremonial paddle of the Ngaju Dayak of southern Borneo.

€3000,-
Talwar with wootz hilt and blade

With Persian style blade, showing Indian workmanship.

€3300,-
Very good sikin panjang

Its blade with very fine and complex pamor, brought out by a polish.

€2200,-
Fine Peranakan belt buckle

This style was produced in Tangerang, just West of Batavia, now Jakarta.

€450,-
A Padri carbine

An unusual variety, shortened to carbine size, with a chicken wing wood stock.

€1600,-
Jīnchuān shortsword

Jinchuan aborigines sword, the Qianlong emperor's name for this type of sword.

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Pōdāo with dragon tūnkǒu

With a large iron guard and hard wooden shaft.

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Chinese crescent tipped maces

A highly unusual set of paired maces with crescent tips.

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Silver overlaid talwar hilt

Never mounted, still with the shop's wooden stopper.

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Chinese garlic mace

Called suàntóu gǔduǒ in Mandarin, with characteristic brass head.

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Jūn Huǒ Jú-made shuāng shǒudāo

Produced in the ordnance factory in Zengbu, near Guangzhou.

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Jūn Huǒ Jú-made saber

Produced in the ordnance factory in Zengbu, near Guangzhou.

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A Murut parapat

The sword of the Murut headhunters of northern Borneo.

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A streaked lin gin

These ornate versions with hairpin forged blades were worn by local royalty.

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A "Mecca" Jambiya

A style of dagger often associated with the pilgrimage to Mecca.

€650,-
A remarkable Khond axe

The best of its kind known to me, with silver overlay and ivory finial.

€2200,-
Double-edged Bhutanese dagger

With triple grooves and in heavy silver mountings.

€3200,-
A Persian crescent axe

With lacquered shaft. Previously sold at Sotheby's in 1985.

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Chinese medium size jian

A heavy piece with a substantial blade, with smooth bronze mounts.

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Double shortswords with belt hook

A classic set of Chinese double swords, complete with suspension and hook.

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Chinese paired shortswords

Cantonese double swords with archaic dragon design mounts.

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Early Chinese shortsword

A classic duanjian, but of somewhat earlier manufacture than most.

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Shuāngjiàn with carved scabbard

A paired jian of fushou type, with carved hardwood scabbard.

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