Chinese cavalry matchlock
Background While the Chinese are hailed for inventing gunpowder and the
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A rare Philippine fighting knife, probably from Luzon island. It has a very well-made blade.
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A very fine, long and slender example with elaborate golden damascening.
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General introduction A number of downsized Indian toradar with such
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Accomplished by bending the edge up and down alternately and polishing it smooth again.
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The main disadvantage of early firearms was the long time it took to reload them.
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An English rifle that was built around an 18th-century Ottoman barrel of the finest quality.
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Introduction Sets with a knife and chopsticks and sometimes some other utensils were co
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The slender blade is made of flawless wootz steel in boldly contrasting shades of silver and dark grey.
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Possibly made in Gujarat and eventually incorporated in the Bikaner armory
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Vishnu, the Hindu god of preservation, took many mortal shapes, or "avatar"
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A north Indian bichuwa dagger with recurved blade and richly decorated hilt.
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An interesting South Indian style katar with an imported European blade.
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The blade features a sunken panel with very finely chiseled "tree of life" motiff of small leaves.
SoldDeccan katar with Bikaner marks
With a hilt that is of typical southern form, with a cupped base and langets.
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Description Presented in this article is a Tibetan eight-plate helmet w
SoldQing dynasty hunter's powder flask
IntroductionThe elite of the Qing dynasty was Manchu, who before taking over China from
SoldChinese trousse with inlaid iron mounts
Background Sets with a knife and chopsticks -and sometimes some other utensils- were co
SoldTaiwanese Aboriginal Pingpu knife
Introduction The Island of Taiwan was briefly under Dutch colonial rule in the 17th cen
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Of superior quality manufacture, combining a mix of European and Ottoman taste.
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A very fine Malay matchlock or "satingar" with Indo-Portuguese style luck.
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A nice example of a rare, shorter carbine sized Tibetan matchlock musket.
SoldRare iconographic Mongolian style knife
Introduction Many Mongols, the Khalkas in particular, had close ties with the Manchu ru
SoldChinese jade handled dagger
It has a solid pale green jade hilt that is fitted to a silver collar-piece.
SoldTaiwanese aboriginal Rukai knife
A fine example with mother-or-pearl decorated hilt and scabbard.
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