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Converted Chinese guard

A purely Chinese guard and not a very ornate one, converted for Japanese use.

€175,-
Chinese Shan presentation dha

Presented by the local Dai nobility to a British customs officer in 1936.

€2000,-
Fuchi kashira by Hisayuki

A beautiful signed Japanese ferrule and pommel plate.

€1200,-
Kiyou-Toujin Tsuba

A Japanese style sword guard made in 17th century Nagasaki Chinatown.

€725,-
Early Tibetan or Mongolian quiver

A very rare example of a type of all-leather tube quiver that was used by Mongols and Tibetans of

Price on request
Malachite Manchu archer's ring

Such rings were worn by Qing dynasty "bannermen" as a sign of their status as a conquest elite.

€600,-
Early lacquered quiver

It's face covered with beautifully lacquered leather, in that characteristic earlier style.

€5200,-
Chinese hùshǒu with lantsa script

A Chinese sword guard from the 18th century with a Buddhist mantra in lantsa script.

€800,-
Qing openwork saber guard

A very rare Chinese saber guard dating from the height of the Qing dynasty.

€1500,-
Tongzhou incident 29th army dàdāo

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

€9500,-
Antique Chinese spearhead

Of classic shape, with a leaf-shaped blade on a socket, connected by a cast bronze base.

€400,-
Antique Chinese spearhead 2

Of classic shape, with a leaf-shaped blade on a socket, connected by a cast bronze base.

€375,-
Signed nakago kozuka

A by-knife for a Japanese sword, with a hilt shaped like a sword tang.

€450,-
An Edo period kankyûtô

A double-edged samurai tool with morbid origins.

€350,-
Paiwan tjakit with provenance

It was collected by Laurens Langewis, an early 20th-century ethnographer and author.

€7800,-
Nanban kogai & kozuka set (futakoromono)

The only set of its type known to me in both private and museum collections.

Price on request
Unusual Chinese saber

Built around an imported blade, with a human head shaped pommel.

€800,-
Cast iron compass rose guard

A peculiar cast iron sword guard, probably from the South China Seas area.

€400,-
Rooster fight kozuka

Executed in gold and silver on a shakudō nanako base, with golden back.

€425,-
Wan-gata tsuba by Kunihiro

Its outer surface is decorated with interlocking swastikas and family crests.

€460,-
Daruma tsuba

A peculiar tsuba with a depiction of Bodhidharma and two dragon chasing a pearl.

€420,-
A large Qing dàdāo

Large and heavy example with the notable Umlauff provenance.

€1800,-
The saber of Manchu Wu Songlu

A standard pattern Qing military saber, but with the rare addition of a label in Manchu.

€2000,-
Japanese tsuba in Canton style

Also known as Kwanto-gata, with two facing dragon chasing a pearl.

€400,-
Unusual dragon gate guard

Asian sword guard of unknown origin, modified in Japan.

€200,-
Iron chrysanthemum tsuba

Large example with gold and silver overlay.

€150,-
Sawasa style iron guard

Unusual piece with depiction of a foreign figure.

€350,-
Peony karakusa tsuba

Executed in "nanban style" openwork with chiseled and gold-encrusted peonies.

€350,-
Tibetan shortsword with pierced mounts

With characteristic pointy hairpin forged blade.

€1550,-
Eastern Tibetan or Yunnan zhibeidao

A simple piece, but with a nicely etched blade typical for the Tibetan / Sichuan borderlands.

€600,-
Signed nanban style ship tsuba

Signed by an artist named Kanesada from Higo.

€600,-