Nanban kogai & kozuka set (futakoromono)
The only set of its type known to me in both private and museum collections.
Price on requestShuangjian with ivory grips
A deluxe set of double straightswords with carved ivory grips and gilt mounts.
GalleryChinese saber with U-grooves
With twist-core steel and of early liuyedao form. Probably 17th century.
GalleryWootz talwar with pierced scabbard
With fine gold overlaid hilt, tight-grained wootz blade and elaborately pierced scabbard.
SoldRare Chinese twistcore saber
Background Most Chinese swords and sabers are made with a hard high carbon steel
SoldFine Taiwanese chieftain's sword
A very ornate example worn by chieftains of the Rukai and Paiwan tribes of Southern Taiwan.
Sold62 plate kabuto with maedate
Each plate with raised rib, the visor embossed with simulated eyebrows.
SoldGolden inlaid Korean jangdo
Made of blackened copper-gold alloy, finely inlaid with poems in pure gold.
SoldTen avatars of Vishnu katar
Vishnu, the Hindu god of preservation, took many mortal shapes, or "avatar"
GalleryA fine khanda with pierced hilt
Presented here is a beautiful khanda with an exceptionally fine pierced hilt.
GalleryKorean ceremonial saber
Of a type referred to as byeolungeom, "sword used by king’s guard officials".
SoldNorth Indian sosun pattah
A very good example of a sosun pattah, or "lily leaf", of elegant form.
SoldFine dated talwar from Ratlam
With Mamluk style blade decor and inscriptions on both blade and hilt.
GalleryJavanese gold overlaid spear blade
Once part of a trisula, made on Java in the 17th century.
GalleryCambodian long saber
Sized like the Chinese changren dadao, yet the execution of the hilt is Cambodian.
SoldMother of pearl inlaid katana kake
In black and gold urushi lacquer, with fine mother-of-pearl inlays with aquatic landscapes on both sides.
€8000,-Deccan firanghi with silver overlay
The basket hilt is elaborately overlaid with silver in floral designs.
SoldThe O.T. Burne dha
With silver overlaid blade and silver mounts worked in repousse. With some of Burne's personal items.
SoldMatched Vietnamese kiếm pair
With carved stone handles and superb workmanship in silver and mother-of-pearl.
SoldShiga-Seki Kanenobu katana
Active circa 1492-1501, a smith with Sōshū roots. Ō-wazamono, jō-saku.
SoldGolden kabuto with iron menpo
A striking battle helmet from the Momoyama period of 1568-1600 A.D.
SoldA fine Chinese yànchìdāo
It comes with its complete set of fittings in a thick gauge of báitóng.
SoldJīnchuān shortsword
Jinchuan aborigines sword, the Qianlong emperor's name for this type of sword.
GalleryVietnamese dha in early style
Wih fine embossed silver mounts and an unusual blade with spiked tip.
SoldSouth Indian cobra tip sword
An early fighting piece with strong reinforcing langet and broad, cobra shaped tip.
€7200,-Fine Tibetan gem studded dagger
A very rare type of dagger that originates from the borderlands of Eastern Tibet and Sichuan.
SoldPaiwan tjakit with provenance
It was collected by Laurens Langewis, an early 20th-century ethnographer and author.
SoldBalinese keris of Ferdinand Blok
The 9-luk blade of strong proportions is engraved with the face of a demon.
SoldExceptional Vietnamese saber
With mountings of meticulously worked copper with silver overlays
GalleryAn antique chángdāo
Its large blade is of ridged cross-section, inspired by the Japanese design.
SoldA rare Burmese spear
A fine example with silver overlaid spearhead and silver ferrule with niello inlay.
SoldOld Hanuman keris holder
A charming Balinese keris holder in the form of Hanuman, the brave monkey king.
€7000,-Vietnamese kiếm in Chinese stye
Utilizing a Chinese guard and following the Chinese hilt design.
SoldMamluk style sword in talwar hilt
Chiseled with a rare type of decor on the base, and with two Islamic inscriptions.
SoldTongzhou incident 29th army dàdāo
With markings attributing it to the Tongzhou incident and a Japanese surrender tag.
€6500,-Flintlock lance
A what? Yes exactly. An extremely rare piece, the only example I am aware of in published collections at least.
€6500,-