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An orange Qing dynasty banner

With a five-clawed imperial dragon chasing the pearl of wisdom.

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A Japanese wari-kōgai

Iron chopsticks that combine as a kogai, with silver inlaid Paulownia mon.

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Three Indian war arrows

Fitted with facetted armor-piercing bodkins type arrowheads.

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Iron chrysanthemum tsuba

Large example with gold and silver overlay.

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Chinese target arrow

With snake skin nock. Probably made by Ju Yuan Hao in the 1950s.

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Converted Chinese guard

A purely Chinese guard and not a very ornate one, converted for Japanese use.

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Japanese steel plate

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

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Unusual dragon gate guard

Asian sword guard of unknown origin, modified in Japan.

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Two Indian flight arrows

Light and slender arrows with small metal tips, optimized for long-distance shooting.

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A Sirdan, or Manchu war arrow

This large and imposing type of war arrow is often compared to a small spear.

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"South China Sea Guard"

Most likely used by the multi-cultural crews of pirate fleets that roamed the South China seas.

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A south Indian ankus head

South India, made of chiseled iron with bird-bodied yali creatures.

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A parakeet shaped ankus head

Made with a separate parakeet-shaped hook, attached to long tanged spearhead.

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Sinhalese kirichchiya

With carved horn hilt and characteristic finger guard.

€300,-
Sino-Vietnamese fighting knife

A Chinese style fighting knife probably made in Yunnan or Vietnam.

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Three Indian anti-siege arrows

Named so due to their extremely heavy, bullet-shaped arrowheads.

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A Sinhalese knife

Rarely seen today, a commoner's example with carved, bone hilt.

€300,-
Classic Choshu ship tsuba

The work nice and crisp, the execution has a naturalistic charm to it.

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Ono school ship tsuba

Description A classic Japanese ship tsuba with a motif called “kazeh

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Boy's katar

A miniature piece meant for use by a small boy.

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An Edo period kankyûtô

A double-edged samurai tool with morbid origins.

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Cast iron compass rose guard

A peculiar cast iron sword guard, probably from the South China Seas area.

€350,-
Sawasa style iron guard

Unusual piece with depiction of a foreign figure.

€350,-
Peony karakusa tsuba

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

€350,-
Indian spearheads and butt

A set for the beginning collector.

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Chinese javelin head

Description At first sight, this may look like a miniature version of a standard Qing s

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Antique Chinese spearhead 2

Of classic shape, with a leaf-shaped blade on a socket, connected by a cast bronze base.

€375,-
Eight-lobed openwork tsuba

Description A fairly unusual piece, of eight-lobed design.

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Antique Chinese spearhead

Of classic shape, with a leaf-shaped blade on a socket, connected by a cast bronze base.

€400,-
Antique Chinese spearhead 3

Of classic shape, with a leaf-shaped blade on a socket, connected by a cast bronze base.

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A Sinhalese kirichchiya

A rare type of Sinhalese dagger with stylized bird hilt and blade with backedge.

€400,-
Silver overlaid talwar hilt

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

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Chinese iron ruler

Introduction As a non-military weapon, not much was written about Chin

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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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Ramree veteran khukurī

Signed: Ricky Milnes, India 44, Burma 44, Ramree 45.

€400,-
Various Indian arrows

An assortment of Indian arrows with various heads.

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Kiyou-Toujin Tsuba

A Japanese style sword guard made in 17th century Nagasaki Chinatown.

€400,-
Heavy Sino-Vietnamese dagger

With a very thick and heavy blade and nicely worked brass mounts.

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Signed nakago kozuka

A by-knife for a Japanese sword, with a hilt shaped like a sword tang.

€400,-
Daruma tsuba

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

€420,-
Seven Indian broadhead arrows

With fairly large broadheads, painted tails and bulbous nocks.

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Rooster fight kozuka

Executed in gold and silver on a shakudō nanako base, with golden back.

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A nanban tsuba

A rather good example of a Japanese-made nanban tsuba.

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A nanban tsuba with Christian orb

A near round tsuba with beaded rim depicting two dragons in vegetal scrollwork.

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South Indian spear butt

Made of iron, weighted with two flattened spheres, all with chiseled decoration.

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Korean knife or eunjangdo

Description A small Korean knife called eunjangdo, literally "

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Ming style spearhead

A heavy, well-made piece that was probably a military issue.

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Simple hooded katar

Of a type that is strongly associated with the Vijayanagara empire.

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Early chilanum hilt

An old bronze hilt in the shape of chilanum hilts.

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Wan-gata tsuba by Kunihiro

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

€460,-
Seiryūken Eiju dragon tsuba

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

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A large Manchu knife

Of a type also issued to the Qing Vanguard.

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