Pingpu presentation knife dated 1921
Heavy socket-hilted plains knife with dated presentation scabbard.
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In black and gold urushi lacquer, with fine mother-of-pearl inlays with aquatic landscapes on both sides.
€8000,-Muramasa masterpiece tantō
A masterpiece by the "cursed" smith, active in the early 16th century.
SoldVery good hachiwari
Literally "skull splitter", more widely known as kabutowari; "helmet splitter." An excellent example, one of the best…
SoldPaiwan tjakit with provenance
It was collected by Laurens Langewis, an early 20th-century ethnographer and author.
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With a blade with a concave edge, in stained deerhorn mounts with fine silver wire inlays.
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A fine example with mother-or-pearl decorated hilt and scabbard.
GalleryTaiwanese Aboriginal Pingpu knife
Introduction The Island of Taiwan was briefly under Dutch colonial rule in the 17th cen
SoldIllustrated Encyclopedia of Things Chinese, 1719
Description A Japanese volume from the 唐土訓蒙圖彚 or "Illustrated Encyclopedia of Things Ch
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