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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.

€18000,-
Nanban kogai & kozuka set (futakoromono)

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

Price on request
Tongzhou incident 29th army dàdāo

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

€9500,-
Rare Jinchuan quiver

With a connection to local royalty in Jinchuan, Sichuan province.

€6500,-
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
Chinese tiger shield

A large Chinese rattan shield called tengpai, used by special front-line troops.

€6000,-
Gilt duanjian with foreign blade

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

€3800,-
Suneate with Dutch leather

A pair of Samurai shin protectors finished with Dutch "goudleer".

€3600,-
Winged dragon tsuba

A fine and unusually large tsuba. Attributed to Hizen by the NBTHK.

€2800,-
Yari with kusabi-hi

Large Japanese spearhead with red lacquered zig-zag groove. Signed Mitsuhiro.

€2700,-
Chinese Shan presentation dha

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

€2000,-
The saber of Manchu Wu Songlu

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

€1900,-
A large Qing dàdāo

Large and heavy example with the notable Umlauff provenance.

€1600,-
Qing openwork saber guard

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

€1500,-
Fuchi kashira by Hisayuki

A beautiful signed Japanese ferrule and pommel plate.

€1200,-
Korean horn bow set

An old Korean hornbow from the 50s or 60s with string and arrows.

€1000,-
Chinese hùshǒu with lantsa script

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

€800,-
Unusual Chinese saber

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

€750,-
Polished Sino-Vietnamese dagger

A heavy Sin-Vietnamese fighting knife, with recently polished blade.

€675,-
Eastern Tibetan or Yunnan zhibeidao

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

€575,-
Wan-gata tsuba by Kunihiro

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

€460,-
Signed nakago kozuka

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

€450,-
Daruma tsuba

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

€420,-
Antique Chinese spearhead

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

€400,-
Kiyou-Toujin Tsuba

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

€400,-
Antique Chinese spearhead 2

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

€375,-
Cast iron compass rose guard

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

€350,-
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,-