Punjabi koftgari lockbox
Iron lockbox with key, decorated with the gold koftgari normally seen on arms.
SoldA milam of the Garo
This peculiar sword was used by the Garo people of Assam for fighting, clearing the jungle, and animal sacrifices.
€1800,-A Khasi dao
These mysterious weapons were already obsolete when the first ethnographers encountered them.
€3200,-Heavy Sikh chakram
Traditionally associated with Vishnu, it was an essential piece of equipment for the Sikh nihang.
SoldRajput sosun pattah
With wootz blade, Marwari style hilt, and its original red velvet scabbard.
SoldKutch shamshir for Benson
Blade of Persian shamshir form, but of Indian make. Mounts in Kutch style gilt copper.
SoldTalwar of Mohta Bakhtawar Singh
A fine Marwari talwar presented to the Dewan (chief minister) of Bikaner in 1756 A.D.
SoldVijayanagara katar
A 16th hooded katar with the wide, ribbed blade that is characteristic for this period.
SoldSouth Indian pattissa
An early example, late Vijayanagara empire, with a fine wootz spatulate blade.
SoldA fine north Indian dagger
Of jambiya form, with pattern welded blade and fine silver scabbard mounts.
SoldA Sinhalese kirichchiya
A rare type of Sinhalese dagger with stylized bird hilt and blade with backedge.
SoldSouth Indian spear butt
Made of iron, weighted with two flattened spheres, all with chiseled decoration.
SoldA northern katar in southern style
Exhibiting southern style beaded edges with northern style construction and gold.
SoldSouth Indian chiseled iron katar
A nice honest example of an early south Indian katar with great sculptural qualities.
SoldFine piha kaetta with velvet scabbard
A very fine example with beautifully chiseled silver pommel plate.
SoldAn early "piha-kaetta"
Of nice quality, with unusual openwork silver bolster with serapendiya.
€1500,-Stone-hilted pesh-kabz
A very large example with a strongly reinforced tip and stone handle scales.
SoldA parakeet shaped ankus head
Made with a separate parakeet-shaped hook, attached to long tanged spearhead.
SoldWakizashi in Burmese hilt
An unusual cross-cultural mix, blending Burmese, Japanese and Indian parts.
SoldAn unusual ḍhāl
A translucent hide shield with gilt brass ornaments. Probably Nepalese of for a Nepalese client.
SoldWootz talwar with pierced scabbard
With fine gold overlaid hilt, tight-grained wootz blade and elaborately pierced scabbard.
SoldA kirach with hunting scenes
Its blade pattern-welded and chiseled with designs of hunters and animals.
SoldIndian pata with Solingen blade
With a blade of 17th-century European manufacture, with trader's name on it.
SoldA gilt Indian jambiya
With gilt-copper hilt and scabbard done in beautiful Kutch style repousse work.
SoldVery fine Sinhalese kasthāné
With parcel gilding and ruby eyes, in a fine silver repousse scabbard.
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