Exceptional Vietnamese saber
With mountings of meticulously worked copper with silver overlays
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Chinese saber with U-grooves
With twist-core steel and of early liuyedao form. Probably 17th century.
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Chinese twistcore presentation saber
An unusually large presentation saber in the style of high-end Chinese military sabers.
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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
A deluxe set of double straightswords with carved ivory grips and gilt mounts.
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A fine khanda with pierced hilt
Presented here is a beautiful khanda with an exceptionally fine pierced hilt.
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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
With overlays of vegetal motifs alternated with animals, actual and mythical.
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An outstanding Tibetan sword
A very good example of a Tibetan dpa'dam in its archetypical form.
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Asian export disc guard
The design, overlaid in silver, gold, and copper, over a crosshatched background shows dragon amongst clouds.
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Taiwanese aboriginal Rukai knife
A fine example with mother-or-pearl decorated hilt and scabbard.
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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
A royal sword, probably from the Wasi kingdom in present-day Sichuan province.
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17th century armored vest
An extremely rare sleeveless vest from the Ming-Qing transition period.
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Sinhalese export sword guard
A large circular Asian export sword guard with elaborate decor carved in relief on both sides.
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Ming jian with chiseled mounts
A very early, full-length type, rarely seen with chiseled iron mounts.
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Dutch chiseled iron smallsword
Part of a group of rare late 17th century examples, representing the finest of its kind.
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Fine dated talwar from Ratlam
With Mamluk style blade decor and inscriptions on both blade and hilt.
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Pierced iron saddle
Executed in the Tibetan style, exhibiting dragons in foliage chasing flaming jewels.
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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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Javanese gold overlaid spear blade
Once part of a trisula, made on Java in the 17th century.
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Ainu sword in Japanese polish
Exceedingly rare Ainu sword. Comes in an old Japanese collection box.
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Jīnchuān shortsword
Jinchuan aborigines sword, the Qianlong emperor's name for this type of sword.
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