A Khasi dao
These mysterious weapons were already obsolete when the first ethnographers encountered them.
€3200,-Sulawesi sword with VOC blade
A very good sword from South Sulawesi (Celebes) with silver mounts and a dated VOC blade.
SoldA spectacular Burmese dha
With overlays of vegetal motifs alternated with animals, actual and mythical.
GalleryVietnamese double swords
A rare combination of full-length double Vietnamese swords with live blades.
SoldDha with story of Maung Tin
Of the silver overlaid type made in Mindan, with an unusual story on the blade.
SoldVery fine Mindan dha
Fine silver overlaid dha made in Mindan village, south of Mandalay, gained fame in the 19th century.
SoldAll-metal Vietnamese kiem
A very rare ceremonial variety with copper scabbard inlaid with different alloys, and a brass blade.
€6000,-Vietnamese kiếm in Chinese stye
Utilizing a Chinese guard and following the Chinese hilt design.
SoldExceptional Vietnamese saber
With mountings of meticulously worked copper with silver overlays
GalleryA rare Burmese spear
A fine example with silver overlaid spearhead and silver ferrule with niello inlay.
SoldVietnamese dha in early style
Wih fine embossed silver mounts and an unusual blade with spiked tip.
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.
SoldCambodian long saber
Sized like the Chinese changren dadao, yet the execution of the hilt is Cambodian.
SoldJavanese gold overlaid spear blade
Once part of a trisula, made on Java in the 17th century.
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