Peony karakusa tsuba
Executed in "nanban style" openwork with chiseled and gold-encrusted peonies.
€350,-Daruma tsuba
A peculiar tsuba with a depiction of Bodhidharma and two dragon chasing a pearl.
€420,-Chinese village dāo
A simple utilitarian weapon, probably made for rural martial artists or militia.
€450,-Three wise monkeys tsuba
Japanese sword guard depicting three wise monkeys conveying the message see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.
€1500,-Canton tsuba with 28 "jewels"
Canton work for the Japanese market, with 28 metal balls in separate compartments.
€1500,-Qing openwork saber guard
A very rare Chinese saber guard dating from the height of the Qing dynasty.
€1500,-Southern Chinese húdiédāo set
Wide-bladed pair with eccentric hilt features. Complete with scabbard.
€1600,-Aoi-gata tsuba with foreigners
Unusual tsuba with foreign figures and Chinese auspicious symbols.
€1800,-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,-The saber of Manchu Wu Songlu
A standard pattern Qing military saber, but with the rare addition of a label in Manchu.
€1900,-Yagami school nanban tsuba
A masterpiece of the genre. The Yagami school were excellent carvers of iron.
€2000,-Chinese military saber marked 1876
Southern Chinese officer style saber with later inscription H.Hunt 1876.
€2000,-Marwari talwar with 1857 dated hilt
The hilt is in the typical Marwari Rajput style, made by Ram Namar in 1857 A.D.
€2200,-Large Qing military sword
Probably of Southern origin, with a straight blade and flaring tip.
€2200,-Outstanding set of húdiédāo
A set of the rarer long and wide variety with very well-carved hilts and good overall finish.
€2800,-Southern Chinese openwork sword guard
In the style of northern work of the 16th and 17th centuries
€3000,-A Khasi dao
These mysterious weapons were already obsolete when the first ethnographers encountered them.
€3200,-17th century Chinese saber guard
With the swirling arabesque motifs that are typical for this period.
€5500,-Tongzhou incident 29th army dàdāo
With markings attributing it to the Tongzhou incident and a Japanese surrender tag.
€6500,-South Indian cobra tip sword
An early fighting piece with strong reinforcing langet and broad, cobra shaped tip.
€7200,-Silver overlaid Chinese hook sword
Typical Chinese hook sword, with seldom-seen fine silver wire overlay.
Price on requestNanban kogai & kozuka set (futakoromono)
The only set of its type known to me in both private and museum collections.
Price on requestShimazu mon daishō
A pair of daishō with blades forged by the Takada smiths of Bungo in the north of Kyūshū.
€13500,-Fine Kutch horse head shamshir
The style typical of Kutch, the execution far above what is normally seen on work from that area.
Price on requestFine autumn themed daishō
Both blades signed, its koshirae fine maki-e lacquer work. Ito school tsuba and Mino Gotō style mounts.
Price on request