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  • Vietnamese rectangular wooden shield logo

    Vietnamese wooden shield

    Rare type of rectangular wooden shield from Vietnam.

    Sold
  • Rare Santali shield logo

    Rare Santali shield

    Peculiar shield with catching hook, used by the Santali people of Bengal.

    €2000,-
  • unusual-indian-single-boss-shield

    Early Indian shield

    Made of thick lacquered hide, with a single brass boss

    Sold
  • Chinese rattan tiger shield logo

    Chinese tiger shield

    A large Chinese rattan shield called tengpai, used by special front-line troops.

    Sold
  • Otateage suneate with Dutch goudleer logo

    Suneate with Dutch leather

    A pair of Samurai shin protectors finished with Dutch "goudleer".

    Sold
  • Momoyama kabuto

    Golden kabuto with iron menpo

    A striking battle helmet from the Momoyama period of 1568-1600 A.D.

    Sold
  • Signed Chinese rattan shield

    Signed Chinese rattan shield

    This one has the early, peaked form and is signed by its maker.

    Sold
  • Kurdish kalkan logo

    Ottoman Kurdish kalkan

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

    Sold
  • Tibetan armor mirrors logo

    Three Tibetan armor mirrors

    Of domed shape with upturned rim and indigo cotton lining.

    Sold
  • Japanese uchidashi armor plate logo

    Japanese steel plate

    Worked in repousse, possibly once part of an ornamental piece of armor.

    Sold
  • Tibetan armor set with helmet and mirrors

    Tibetan mail shirt, helmet and mirrors

    Collected by American anthropologist Melvyn Goldstein in the 1980s.

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  • Indian shield logo

    An unusual ḍhāl

    A translucent hide shield with gilt brass ornaments. Probably Nepalese of for a Nepalese client.

    Sold
  • Dastana logo

    A Punjabi arm guard

    Made of steel, decorated with fine gold overlay in a pattern of swastikas.

    Sold
  • Japanese mail kusari zukin

    Kusari katabira zukin

    Japanese mail set, with small ring vest and coif sewn to a thick cotton undergarment.

    Sold
  • Mail shirt

    Fine mail shirt, Sikh Empire

    With a lozenge pattern of brass rings.

    Sold
  • Chinese rattan shield logo

    Chinese téngpái

    The famous tiger faced rattan shield as used by Chinese skirmishers.

    Sold
  • An early armored dingjia vest of the Ming-Qing transition period

    17th century armored vest

    An extremely rare sleeveless vest from the Ming-Qing transition period.

    Gallery
  • Indian dhal shield by Bhagvan Khoosal

    Indian signed dhal from Gujarat

    An interesting Indian dhal, a small shield that was signed by its maker from Gujarat.

    Sold
  • Tibetan helmet

    Tibetan helmet with armor

    Description Presented in this article is a Tibetan eight-plate helmet w

    Sold
  • Vietnamese rattan shield

    Vietnamese rattan shield

    Called khiên in Vietnamese.

    Sold
  • Korean helmet

    Imjin wars period helmet

    Description An early type of Korean soldier's helmet.

    Sold
  •  Qing Bannerman's helmet logo

    Qing Bannerman's helmet

    Of a type worn among others by the Valiant Cavalry.

    Sold

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