Rare Santali shield
Peculiar shield with catching hook, used by the Santali people of Bengal.
€2000,-Yagami school nanban tsuba
A masterpiece of the genre. The Yagami school were excellent carvers of iron.
€2000,-A Fraser talwar, 18th century
Once belonging to William Fraser (1784-1835), a British civil servant.
SoldChinese military saber marked 1876
Southern Chinese officer style saber with later inscription H.Hunt 1876.
€2000,-South Kalimantan parang
Of typical South Borneo workmanship, but formed like a mandau from Kutai.
€2000,-Sinhalese pihiya with scabbard
IntroductionOften called piha-kaetta, which are actually the chopper versions,
SoldLadder wootz Kurdish dagger
This unassuming dagger has one of the finest wootz blades with a tight ladder pattern.
€2000,-An Indian matchlock musket
A very fine, long and slender example with elaborate golden damascening.
SoldA fine Indian toradar with inlaid stock
General introduction A number of downsized Indian toradar with such
SoldA talwar with "lehria" chevron blade
With chevron patterned blade of alternating types of steel.
SoldVillage militia dadao
Description A large Chinese double handed falchion of a form that is both related to th
SoldA very rare Japanese knife
With a blade with a concave edge, in stained deerhorn mounts with fine silver wire inlays.
SoldChinese Shan presentation dha
Presented by the local Dai nobility to a British customs officer in 1936.
SoldAn Indonesian blunderbuss
Of Chinese manufacture, traded widely and used gainst the Dutch during the Aceh Wars in 1873–1904.
SoldA Vietnamese Christian cross
Constructed out of dense hardwood and with fine mother-of-pearl inlays in the Vietnamese fashion.
SoldChinese lòukōng sword guard
The archetypical Chinese sword guard that gave rise to the Japanese genre of "nanban tsuba".
SoldLarge tin chirra kothimora khukuri
An exceptionally large example with a desirable three fullered blade.
€1950,-The saber of Manchu Wu Songlu
A standard pattern Qing military saber, but with the rare addition of a label in Manchu.
€1900,-Vijayanagara katar
A 16th hooded katar with the wide, ribbed blade that is characteristic for this period.
SoldDouble bladed katar
Also called jamdhar doulicaneh. Forged from a single piece of steel, complete with scabbard.
SoldEnamelled Hirado Kunishige tsuba
Fine work and one of the very few enamelled tsuba by this maker.
SoldAoi-gata tsuba with foreigners
Unusual tsuba with foreign figures and Chinese auspicious symbols.
€1800,-The Wiasemsky Montagnard dha
Collected by a Russian prince from the hill peoples of central Vietnam in 1892.
€1800,-