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  • Exceptional Vietnamese saber guard

    Exceptional Vietnamese saber

    With mountings of meticulously worked copper with silver overlays

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  • Rare Tibetan shortsword

    A rare and early Tibetan sword

    With beautiful pierced ironwork scabbard.

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  • Antique Chinese saber with segmented grooves

    Chinese saber with segmented grooves

    With openwork brass mounts in early imperial style.

    Gallery
  • U-turn twist-core saber

    Chinese saber with U-grooves

    With twist-core steel and of early liuyedao form. Probably 17th century.

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  • Twist-core presentation saber

    Chinese twistcore presentation saber

    An unusually large presentation saber in the style of high-end Chinese military sabers.

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  • Ottoman barreled gun

    English rifle with Ottoman barrel

    An English rifle that was built around an 18th-century Ottoman barrel of the finest quality.

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  • Shuangjian with ivory grips

    Shuangjian with ivory grips

    Description Presented is an excellent set of deluxe double straightswor

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  • Pierced khanda

    A fine khanda with pierced hilt

    Introduction The khanda represents one of the oldest forms of Indian sword

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  • A fine Deccan chilanum

    A fine Deccan chilanum

    An exceptional example with a graceful hilt with a strong presence.

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  • Vishnu katar

    Ten avatars of Vishnu katar

    Vishnu, the Hindu god of preservation, took many mortal shapes, or "avatar"

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  • A spectacular Burmese dha logo

    A spectacular Burmese dha

    With overlays of vegetal motifs alternated with animals, actual and mythical.

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  • Vijayanagara hooded katar

    A hooded Vijayanagara katar

    A classic example of the 16th century.

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  • Tibetan sword logo

    An outstanding Tibetan sword

    A very good example of a Tibetan dpa'dam in its archetypical form.

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  • Asian export sword guard logo

    Asian Export sword guard

    A large imported "Canton" sword guard with paired dragons chasing a jewel.

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  • Asian export sword guard

    Asian export disc guard

    The design, overlaid in silver, gold, and copper, over a crosshatched background shows dragon amongst clouds.

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  • Rukai Taiwan aboriginal knife

    Taiwanese aboriginal Rukai knife

    Introduction The Island of Taiwan was briefly under Dutch colonial rule in the 17th cen

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  • A Manchu saber logo

    A 17th century Manchu saber

    A massive 17th century saber blade with markings in Manchu and Chinese.

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  • A rare Jinchuan sword logo

    A rare Jinchuan sword

    A royal sword, probably from the Wasi kingdom in present-day Sichuan province.

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  • An early armored dingjia vest of the Ming-Qing transition period

    17th century armored vest

    An extremely rare sleeveless vest from the Ming-Qing transition period.

    Gallery
  • Asian export sword guard

    Sinhalese export sword guard

    A large circular Asian export sword guard with elaborate decor carved in relief on both sides.

    Gallery
  • Ming jian logo

    Ming jian with chiseled mounts

    A very early, full-length type, rarely seen with chiseled iron mounts.

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  • Large Burmese dagger

    Fine Burmese dha hmyaung

    With intricately carved ivory hilt depicting a demon on a horse.

    Gallery
  • Sinhalese cross spear

    Sinhalese patisthānaya

    A very fine example retaining its original lacquered shaft.

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  • Fine Deccan katar logo

    Silver inlaid Deccan katar

    An impressive example with true inlays in silver in the hilt.

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  • Large Mughal saber logo

    Large Mughal saber

    With Persian inspired blade in Hindu basket hilt, both of fine wootz.

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  • Dutch chiseled iron smallsword logo

    Dutch chiseled iron smallsword

    Part of a group of rare late 17th century examples, representing the finest of its kind.

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  • Ratlam talwar

    Fine dated talwar from Ratlam

    With Mamluk style blade decor and inscriptions on both blade and hilt.

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  • Pierced iron saddle logo

    Pierced iron saddle

    Executed in the Tibetan style, exhibiting dragons in foliage chasing flaming jewels.

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  • Sawasa hunting hanger logo

    A sawasa hunting hanger

    Sawasa is a copper-gold alloy that was patinated a "raven black" and then highlights were parcel-gilt.

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