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  • Vietnamese short kiem logo

    Vietnamese shortsword

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

    Sold
  • Katana with horse themed koshirae logo

    Katana in horse theme koshirae

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

    Sold
  • Han Plain Red Banner saber

    Han Plain Red Banner saber

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

    Sold
  • Very fine Mindan dha logo

    Very fine Mindan dha

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

    €3600,-
  • Tongzhou incident dadao logo

    Tongzhou incident 29th army dàdāo

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

    €6500,-
  • Golden groove peidao logo

    Qing peidao with gold grooves

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

    Sold
  • Mindan dha logo

    Dha with story of Maung Tin

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

    €4000,-
  • Parang latok logo

    Parang latok

    A curious slashing weapon from northern Borneo.

    €2800,-
  • Sosun pattah with twistcore blade

    Sosun pattah with twistcore blade

    The hilt with overlay of the finest quality of the period

    Sold
  • Important Juyo Ko-Hoki Sadatsuna logo

    Important Ko-Hōki Sadatsuna katana

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

    Gallery
  • Indian talwar with 1693 dated blade logo

    Talwar with 1693 dated blade

    With later, elaborately chiseled hilt of very fine quality.

    Sold
  • Very fine Tibetan dpa'dam logo

    Tibetan cavalry dpa'dam

    With massive blade and silk brocade decorated scabbard.

    Sold
  • Unusual Nias sword logo

    Unusual South Nias sword

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

    Sold
  • Deccan firanghi

    Deccan firanghi with silver overlay

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

    Price on request
  • North Indian kirach with Persian wootz export blade

    Interesting kirach with dated hilt

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

    €6000,-
  • 17th century pattisa logo

    Fine 17th century pattissa

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

    Sold
  • Jumyo katana logo

    Jumyo katana with fine koshirae

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

    Price on request
  • Musashi Taro Yasukuni katana logo

    Katana by Musashi Taro Yasukuni

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

    Sold
  • Longquan Qianzihao duanjian logo

    Longquan jiàn by Qian Zi Hao

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

    Sold
  • Cambodian long saber logo

    Cambodian long saber

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

    Sold
  • Chinese demon head saber

    Chinese demon head saber

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

    Sold
  • Tametsugu logo

    Sōshū sword with tachi koshirae

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

    Sold
  • Ifugao hinalung

    Batad Ifugao hinālung

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

    €800,-
  • Nias gari matuwà logo

    South Nias gari matuwà

    A nice belatu with the rarer gari matuwà style blade.

    Sold
  • South Nias belatu

    Later South Nias belatu

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

    €1100,-
  • Ainu emushi sword with sash

    Ainu sword with sash

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

    Gallery
  • Slender set of 19th century military hudiedao

    Slender hudiedao pair

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

    Sold
  • Hudiedao

    Hudiedao set with scabbard

    Classic pair of Southern Chinese butterfly swords.

    Sold
  • Twistcore peidao logo

    Qing twistcore peidao

    A fine twistcore blade in standard pattern Qing military mounts.

    Sold
  • Tonkin arms group

    Group of arms from Tonkin

    Probably from the French Tonkin campaign of the 1880s.

    Sold
  • Fine gilt duanjian overall

    Gilt duanjian with foreign blade

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

    €3200,-
  • Malabar coast Moplah sword logo

    Malabar coast Moplah sword

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

    Sold
  • Kunikiyo wakizashi with horimono tested by Yamano 2 body cut

    Kunikiyo wakizashi, Yamano test cut

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

    Sold
  • Sukesada

    Sukesada uchigatana made August 1523

    With a sayagaki by Honma sensei attributing it to Yosozaemon.

    Sold
  • Handachi wakizashi

    Handachi mounted wakizashi

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

    Sold
  • Nias belatu logo

    A South Nias belatu salà

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

    Sold
  • Milam sword of the Garo people of Assam

    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,-
  • Khasi dao

    A Khasi dao

    These mysterious weapons were already obsolete when the first ethnographers encountered them.

    €3200,-
  • Tonkinese saber collected 1885-1887 logo

    Tonkinese saber

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

    Sold
  • Antique Vietnamese saber logo

    Nimble Vietnamese saber

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

    Sold
  • Modang mandau

    Rare Modang Mandau

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

    Sold
  • Montagnard saber logo

    Montagnard short saber

    Of the hill peoples of the Central Highlands of Vietnam.

    Sold
  • Sikin panjang with inlaid blade

    Fine inlaid sikin panjang

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

    Sold
  • South Sulawesi sword VOC marked blade

    Sulawesi sword with VOC blade

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

    Sold
  • Javanese tiger hilt sword

    Tiger hilt sword with VOC blade

    With Dutch VOC blade, marked with the Amsterdam monogram.

    €1750,-
  • Preanger gobang sword with dated VOC blade logo

    Preanger sword with VOC blade

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

    €2000,-
  • West Javanese gobang

    West-Javanese gobang

    The sword of the Sundanese people of the Preanger highlands.

    Sold
  • Dutch military m19898 saber in Sumatran hilt logo

    Sumatran hilted Dutch saber

    Using a possibly captured M1898 "klewang" blade.

    €800,-
  • Qing liedao

    Large Chinese hunting knife

    With fine blade in recent polish. With resting scabbard.

    Sold
  • Goat hilted Khyber sword logo

    Goat hilted Khyber sword

    With gold plated hilt and pattern welded blade.

    Sold
  • Laos double swords logo

    Flame backed double swords

    With dramatically shaped blades and inlaid hilts.

    Sold
  • Longquan jian logo

    Good late Qing Longquan jian

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

    Sold

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