Cast iron compass rose guard
A peculiar cast iron sword guard, probably from the South China Seas area.
SoldNanban kogai & kozuka set (futakoromono)
The only set of its type known to me in both private and museum collections.
Price on requestFine Tibetan gem studded dagger
A very rare type of dagger that originates from the borderlands of Eastern Tibet and Sichuan.
SoldA sawasa hunting hanger
Sawasa is a copper-gold alloy that was patinated a "raven black" and then highlights were parcel-gilt.
SoldA hanshee khukurī
A rare and sought-after type. This one comes in its original silver mounted scabbard.
SoldA fine 19th century khukurī
With iron, silver overlaid hilt. Its associated scabbard features fine quillwork.
€1800,-Tibetan mail shirt, helmet and mirrors
Collected by American anthropologist Melvyn Goldstein in the 1980s.
SoldAn Indonesian blunderbuss
Of Chinese manufacture, traded widely and used gainst the Dutch during the Aceh Wars in 1873–1904.
SoldA fine budhune khukurī
A fat-bellied variety of the Nepalese khukurī with mirror polished blade and iron handle with fine silver overlay.
SoldGold mounted presentation khukurī
Thought to have been presented by the Royal House of Nepal.
€2500,-Pierced iron saddle
Executed in the Tibetan style, exhibiting dragons in foliage chasing flaming jewels.
GalleryHalf bone hilted khukurī
With wide blade and a two-tone hilt in cattle bone and wood, capped with brass.
SoldThe khukri of Peter L. Achard
Also known as kothimora khukuri, in a scabbard with repousse silver mounts.
SoldQing openwork saber guard
A very rare Chinese saber guard dating from the height of the Qing dynasty.
€1500,-Chinese hùshǒu with lantsa script
A Chinese sword guard from the 18th century with a Buddhist mantra in lantsa script.
SoldEarly lacquered quiver
It's face covered with beautifully lacquered leather, in that characteristic earlier style.
SoldA Vietnamese Christian cross
Constructed out of dense hardwood and with fine mother-of-pearl inlays in the Vietnamese fashion.
SoldA fine and unusual Dutch colonial gun
Based on the Dutch Beaumont mechanism, but with Indonesian twist forged barrel and golden inlays.
€5000,-Bhutanese sword in tribal scabbard
With early pierced iron pommel and a style of scabbard worn in Arunachal Pradesh.
SoldSilver hilted Tibetan shortsword
Of typical form, but with an all-silver hilt that carries Chinese silver marks.
SoldSilver khukuri with bone grip
Often called "kothimora khukuri", with scabbards mounted in repousse and pierced silver.
SoldLarge tin chirra kothimora khukuri
An exceptionally large example with a desirable three fullered blade.
ReservedA silver clad khukuri
With fine silver mounts worked in repousse with designs of flowers and foliage.
Sold"South China Sea Guard"
Most likely used by the multi-cultural crews of pirate fleets that roamed the South China seas.
SoldAsian export sword guard
An interesting pierced iron Asian export sword guard that is part of a small group of guards that
SoldIron ship sword guard
A chiseled iron sword guard depicting a Dutch ship with a figure on its stern.
SoldSinhalese export sword guard
A large circular Asian export sword guard with elaborate decor carved in relief on both sides.
GalleryTibetan style pierced saddle plate
With designs of four dragons in scrollwork around a "wish-granting-jewel"
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