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Vietnamese shortsword

A short version of the Vietnamese kiếm sword with a finely carved horn hilt.

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Katana in horse theme koshirae

Blade signed Sesshū-jū Fujiwara Hiroyoshi, active in the 1670s-80s.

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Han Plain Red Banner saber

Southern Chinese saber made for a soldier under the Plain Red Banner.

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Very fine Mindan dha

Introduction Fine silver overlaid dha made in Mindan village, south of Mandala

€3600,-
Tongzhou incident 29th army dàdāo

With markings attributing it to the Tongzhou incident and a Japanese surrender tag.

€6500,-
Qing peidao with gold grooves

With fine 18th century blade that combines many stylistic features.

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Dha with story of Maung Tin

Of the silver overlaid type made in Mindan, with an unusual story on the blade.

€4000,-
Parang latok

A curious slashing weapon from northern Borneo.

€2800,-
Sosun pattah with twistcore blade

The hilt with overlay of the finest quality of the period

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Important Ko-Hōki Sadatsuna katana

12th-century blade. 33rd Shinsha Juyō Token with sayagaki by Tanobe.

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Talwar with 1693 dated blade

With later, elaborately chiseled hilt of very fine quality.

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Tibetan cavalry dpa'dam

With massive blade and silk brocade decorated scabbard.

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Unusual South Nias sword

Of rather clean design for the area, with separate silver mouth with teeth in hilt.

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Deccan firanghi with silver overlay

The basket hilt is elaborately overlaid with silver in floral designs.

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Interesting kirach with dated hilt

Mentioning the son of a Maharajah and a year corresponding to 1887 A.D.

€6000,-
Fine 17th century pattissa

The enormous blade made of fine, boldly contrasting wootz steel.

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Jumyo katana with fine koshirae

The very detailed mountings are decorated with designs of Japanese spiny lobsters.

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Katana by Musashi Taro Yasukuni

Signed, ubu. Complete with tasteful koshirae and Hozon papers.

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Longquan jiàn by Qian Zi Hao

A Chinese shortsword made by a well-known Longquan maker.

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Cambodian long saber

Sized like the Chinese changren dadao, yet the execution of the hilt is Cambodian.

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Chinese demon head saber

Based on a Chinese military saber blade, with unusual horn demon hilt

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Sōshū sword with tachi koshirae

Tokubetsu Hozon, attributed to Den Tametsugu. With fine itomaki no tachi koshirae.

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Batad Ifugao hinālung

Rare double-edged shortsword of the Ifugao of northern Luzon.

€800,-
South Nias gari matuwà

A nice belatu with the rarer gari matuwà style blade.

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Later South Nias belatu

Nice and complete example with talisman basket. Probably 20th century.

€1100,-
Ainu sword with sash

With deeply carved scabbard, complete with fine guard embroidered sash.

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Slender hudiedao pair

A classic example of the narrow military type, with brass guards.

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Hudiedao set with scabbard

Classic pair of Southern Chinese butterfly swords.

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Qing twistcore peidao

A fine twistcore blade in standard pattern Qing military mounts.

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Group of arms from Tonkin

Probably from the French Tonkin campaign of the 1880s.

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Gilt duanjian with foreign blade

Unusual Chinese duanjian with fine gilt mounts and a blade of non-Chinese origin.

€3200,-
Malabar coast Moplah sword

A fine and somewhat unusual specimen, with engraved brass mounts and hardwood grip.

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Kunikiyo wakizashi, Yamano test cut

A wakizashi by master Kunikiyo, tested by the most famous sword tester of 17th century Japan.

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Sukesada uchigatana made August 1523

With a sayagaki by Honma sensei attributing it to Yosozaemon.

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Handachi mounted wakizashi

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

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A South Nias belatu salà

Rare sword from the headhunters of Nias. Complete with talismanic basket and belt hook.

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A 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,-
Tonkinese saber

Collected by Victor Auguste Robin, a senior officer of the Tonkin expeditionary force 1885-1887.

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Nimble Vietnamese saber

With a narrow, double fullered blade and sharp tip and brass mounts in the earlier style.

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Rare Modang Mandau

With the characteristic carved face hilt and the rarer "sarong seltoep" scabbard.

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Montagnard short saber

Of the hill peoples of the Central Highlands of Vietnam.

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Fine inlaid sikin panjang

Complete example with the rarer feature of inlays at the base of the blade.

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Sulawesi sword with VOC blade

A very good sword from South Sulawesi (Celebes) with silver mounts and a dated VOC blade.

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Tiger hilt sword with VOC blade

With Dutch VOC blade, marked with the Amsterdam monogram.

€1750,-
Preanger sword with VOC blade

Blade marked with VOC Amsterdam monogram, and the year 1769.

€2000,-
West-Javanese gobang

The sword of the Sundanese people of the Preanger highlands.

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Sumatran hilted Dutch saber

Using a possibly captured M1898 "klewang" blade.

€800,-
Large Chinese hunting knife

With fine blade in recent polish. With resting scabbard.

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Goat hilted Khyber sword

With gold plated hilt and pattern welded blade.

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Flame backed double swords

With dramatically shaped blades and inlaid hilts.

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Good late Qing Longquan jian

With bat-shaped guard. A very high-quality example for the time period.

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