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Very good hudiedao set

With fine carved hilts, substantial bronze D-guards, and subtle signs of heat treatment on the blades.

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Broad 17th century Chinese saber

Yet another type that I had not yet seen before.

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Rare iconographic Mongolian style knife

Introduction Many Mongols, the Khalkas in particular, had close ties with the Manchu ru

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A Chinese headman's sword

Of rare form with short but very heavy double-edged blade.

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Southern Chinese saber

Of typical southern form with a very slender, pointy blade.

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An unusual minority dao

The wide blade with clipped tip mounted on a riveted wooden grip.

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Trousse with "horse-tooth" blade

Accomplished by bending the edge up and down alternately and polishing it smooth again.

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Chinese repeating crossbow

Perhaps one of the most famous and long-lived of Chinese weapons.

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Wakizashi in Burmese hilt

An unusual cross-cultural mix, blending Burmese, Japanese and Indian parts.

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Large Chinese hunting knife

With fine blade in recent polish. With resting scabbard.

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House of Aviz tsuba

A Japanese sword guard with the cross of the House of Aviz.

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An interesting Japanese yari

Signed Yasutsugu, with sayagaki referring to the Tokugawa family.

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Ming militia sword

An honest, unpretentious fighting weapon of the Ming-Qing period.

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Village militia dadao

Description A large Chinese double handed falchion of a form that is both related to th

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Qing archer's belt

Made of heavy silk with gilt copper alloy mounts.

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Mongolian target quiver

Combining surplus Qing mounts with Mongol leatherwork.

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Chinese medium size jian

A heavy piece with a substantial blade, with smooth bronze mounts.

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Jūn Huǒ Jú-made shuāng shǒudāo

Produced in the ordnance factory in Zengbu, near Guangzhou.

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Chinese Shan presentation dha

Presented by the local Dai nobility to a British customs officer in 1936.

€2000,-
Chinese lòukōng sword guard

The archetypical Chinese sword guard that gave rise to the Japanese genre of "nanban tsuba".

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Handachi mounted wakizashi

With Nanban-style guard and kozuka. Signed Fujiwara Hisayoshi.

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The saber of Manchu Wu Songlu

A standard pattern Qing military saber, but with the rare addition of a label in Manchu.

€1900,-
A good pair of butterfly swords

Introduction The hudiedao (蝴蝶刀), are a type of double swords p

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Chinese double shortswords

A good set of the first half of the 19th century, with large and rather heavy forge folded blades.

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Late Qing jian

A typical example, complete with lacquered scabbard.

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Fine Chinese Shan dha

Entirely clad in silver and with a differentially heat treated blade.

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Southern Chinese yǎnyuèdāo

A large and impressive blade, its pole cut-down.

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Jūn Huǒ Jú-made saber

Produced in the ordnance factory in Zengbu, near Guangzhou.

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Hudiedao set

Introduction The hudiedao (蝴蝶刀), are a type of double swords p

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Antique wide bladed hudiedao

Introduction The hudiedao (蝴蝶刀), are a type of double swords peculiar to t

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A Korean sword guard

Adjusted for use on a Japanese sword.

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Kusari katabira zukin

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

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A fine Yunnan Dai dagger

With characteristic bulb pommel and silver plating on hilt and scabbard.

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A wide Chinese fighting knife

With the relatively rare feature of a raised backedge.

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A large Qing dàdāo

Large and heavy example with the notable Umlauff provenance.

€1600,-
Bow by Yang Wentong

One of the last bows by Yang Wentong, father of Yang Fuxi.

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An early form niúwěidāo

With good, layered blade, mounted in forged iron mounts.

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Tibetan shortsword with pierced mounts

With characteristic pointy hairpin forged blade.

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The Demon Repeller - Talisman sword

Introduction The Chinese straightsword or jian (劍) was th

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Chinese trousse with inlaid iron mounts

Background Sets with a knife and chopsticks -and sometimes some other utensils- were co

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A Japanese kusarigama

The Japanese kusarigama is a variation of the gama, a scythe-like weapon that

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Ainu sword hilt

Made of wood, with a silver ornamental fitting of remarkable workmanship.

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Pōdāo with dragon tūnkǒu

With a large iron guard and hard wooden shaft.

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A Chinese hook sword

A rather well-made example of its type.

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A fine Korean eunjangdo

With all silver construction, including the blade.

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Cantonese saber

With brass mounts and ray skin covered scabbard.

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Qing openwork saber guard

A very rare Chinese saber guard dating from the height of the Qing dynasty.

€1500,-
Early Chinese duǎndāo

With rare downward curving grip as seen on artwork of the 17th and 18th centuries.

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Chinese yanyuedao

One of the most iconic of Chinese weapons, commonly known as "Guandao"

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A fine Chinese trousse set

In emerald green scabbard and with fan case.

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Fuchi kashira by Hisayuki

A beautiful signed Japanese ferrule and pommel plate.

€1200,-
Fine Kinai dragon tsuba

Made by the Kinai group of Echizen, who originated as horimono carvers.

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