Exceptional Vietnamese saber
With mountings of meticulously worked copper with silver overlays
GalleryEnglish rifle with Ottoman barrel
An English rifle that was built around an 18th-century Ottoman barrel of the finest quality.
GalleryA spectacular Burmese dha
With overlays of vegetal motifs alternated with animals, actual and mythical.
GalleryAn outstanding Tibetan sword
A very good example of a Tibetan dpa'dam in its archetypical form.
GalleryA rare Jinchuan sword
A royal sword, probably from the Wasi kingdom in present-day Sichuan province.
GalleryPierced iron saddle
Executed in the Tibetan style, exhibiting dragons in foliage chasing flaming jewels.
GalleryJavanese gold overlaid spear blade
Once part of a trisula, made on Java in the 17th century.
GalleryJīnchuān shortsword
Jinchuan aborigines sword, the Qianlong emperor's name for this type of sword.
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