Nanban kogai & kozuka set (futakoromono)
The only set of its type known to me in both private and museum collections.
Price on requestJavanese gold overlaid spear blade
Once part of a trisula, made on Java in the 17th century.
GalleryCambodian long saber
Sized like the Chinese changren dadao, yet the execution of the hilt is Cambodian.
SoldThe O.T. Burne dha
With silver overlaid blade and silver mounts worked in repousse. With some of Burne's personal items.
SoldMatched Vietnamese kiếm pair
With carved stone handles and superb workmanship in silver and mother-of-pearl.
SoldVietnamese dha in early style
Wih fine embossed silver mounts and an unusual blade with spiked tip.
SoldBalinese keris of Ferdinand Blok
The 9-luk blade of strong proportions is engraved with the face of a demon.
SoldExceptional Vietnamese saber
With mountings of meticulously worked copper with silver overlays
GalleryA rare Burmese spear
A fine example with silver overlaid spearhead and silver ferrule with niello inlay.
SoldOld Hanuman keris holder
A charming Balinese keris holder in the form of Hanuman, the brave monkey king.
€7000,-Vietnamese kiếm in Chinese stye
Utilizing a Chinese guard and following the Chinese hilt design.
SoldRare Vietnamese pellet bow set
An exceedingly rare set with fine mother of pearl inlaid string board
€6000,-All-metal Vietnamese kiem
A very rare ceremonial variety with copper scabbard inlaid with different alloys, and a brass blade.
€6000,-A sawasa hunting hanger
Sawasa is a copper-gold alloy that was patinated a "raven black" and then highlights were parcel-gilt.
SoldVery fine Mindan dha
Fine silver overlaid dha made in Mindan village, south of Mandalay, gained fame in the 19th century.
SoldA fine and unusual Dutch colonial gun
Based on the Dutch Beaumont mechanism, but with Indonesian twist forged barrel and golden inlays.
€5000,-Dha with story of Maung Tin
Of the silver overlaid type made in Mindan, with an unusual story on the blade.
SoldChinese export lacquer box
A nice example with unusually fine lacquerwork and a monogram in the lid.
€3800,-Sawasa east indian inkwell
Sawasa is metalware in black and gold made primarily for the Dutch expat community in Asia.
€3800,-Fine Burmese silver sword scabbard
It represents the best of Burmese silversmithing with repousse work in high relief.
SoldA spectacular Burmese dha
With overlays of vegetal motifs alternated with animals, actual and mythical.
GalleryVietnamese double swords
A rare combination of full-length double Vietnamese swords with live blades.
SoldA nanban kozuka / kogatana
Nanban kozuka are extremely rare, and this is a particularly fine example.
SoldA fine Philippine bolo
The blade inlaid with brass, complete with a horn scabbard with pierced decoration.
SoldSulawesi sword with VOC blade
A very good sword from South Sulawesi (Celebes) with silver mounts and a dated VOC blade.
SoldA Khasi dao
These mysterious weapons were already obsolete when the first ethnographers encountered them.
€3200,-Mindan dha with agate pommel
Its blade portraying the story of one of the previous lives of Guatama Buddha.
SoldFine inlaid sikin panjang
Complete example with the rarer feature of inlays at the base of the blade.
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