An Indian matchlock musket
A very fine, long and slender example with elaborate golden damascening.
SoldA fine Indian toradar with inlaid stock
General introduction A number of downsized Indian toradar with such
SoldIndian revolving musket
The main disadvantage of early firearms was the long time it took to reload them.
SoldAsian export disc guard
The design, overlaid in silver, gold, and copper, over a crosshatched background shows dragon amongst clouds.
SoldFine Canton-style export sword guard
Introduction Many Asian export sword guards, and later Japanese guards inspired by them
SoldFine Malay matchlock musket
A very fine Malay matchlock or "satingar" with Indo-Portuguese style luck.
SoldSouth Indian pierced iron ankus
Its decoration consists of fantastic designs of various animals, mythical and existing.
SoldChiseled iron Hindu basket hilt
With blackened iron panels with decorative borders carved in relief.
SoldSinhalese export sword guard
A large circular Asian export sword guard with elaborate decor carved in relief on both sides.
GalleryA fine and unusual Dutch colonial gun
Based on the Dutch Beaumont mechanism, but with Indonesian twist forged barrel and golden inlays.
€5000,-A Vietnamese Christian cross
Constructed out of dense hardwood and with fine mother-of-pearl inlays in the Vietnamese fashion.
SoldSadeli walking cane
Covered almost entirely in very fine "sadeli" marquetry that is associated primarily with Gujarat.
SoldVietnamese crook handled cane
With a finely crafted silver handle with dragons and squirrels, mounted on a malacca cane.
SoldA fine walking cane from Madras
Made of a beautiful piece of black zitan hardwood, carved in a spiral, topped with a silver knob.
SoldSinhalese lacquered cane
Description An antique Sinhalese walking cane, made of a light and relatively flexible
SoldAn Indonesian blunderbuss
Of Chinese manufacture, traded widely and used gainst the Dutch during the Aceh Wars in 1873–1904.
SoldA parakeet shaped ankus head
Made with a separate parakeet-shaped hook, attached to long tanged spearhead.
SoldIndonesian cockfighting spurs in box
Weapons not for man, but for an unfortunate rooster. Retired, in a hardwood box.
SoldFine Peranakan belt buckle
This style was produced in Tangerang, just West of Batavia, now Jakarta.
SoldPeranakan "pending" buckle
Belt buckle from West-Java, worn by Peranakan and wealthy Javanese women.
SoldHeavy Sikh chakram
Traditionally associated with Vishnu, it was an essential piece of equipment for the Sikh nihang.
SoldPunjabi koftgari lockbox
Iron lockbox with key, decorated with the gold koftgari normally seen on arms.
SoldFine Burmese silver sword scabbard
It represents the best of Burmese silversmithing with repousse work in high relief.
SoldFlintlock lance
A what? Yes exactly. An extremely rare piece, the only example I am aware of in published collections at least.
€6500,-Old Hanuman keris holder
A charming Balinese keris holder in the form of Hanuman, the brave monkey king.
€7000,-