Items | Mandarin Mansion

Chinese cavalry matchlock

Background While the Chinese are hailed for inventing gunpowder and the

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Niuweidao - oxtail saber

DESCRIPTION A late Qing dynasty niuweidao (牛尾刀) or "oxtail sa

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Antique Qing quiver

A quiver of the late Qing dynasty.

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A very good Chinese jian

Representing the height of the sword maker's art of its period.

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A fine Chinese trousse set

In emerald green scabbard and with fan case.

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A Chinese woyaodao

Introduction The ridged and facetted blade shape that is so well known

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An Indian kard dagger

With a good quality wootz blade.

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Chinese war flail

Introduction Flails derived off farming tools were used since antiquity

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Rare Chinese twistcore saber

Background Most Chinese swords and sabers are made with a hard high carbon steel

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An orange Qing dynasty banner

With a five-clawed imperial dragon chasing the pearl of wisdom.

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Ming dandao

With rare raised backedge.

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Rare Chinese twist-core saber

Introduction The peidao (佩刀) or yaodao (腰刀)

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Broad 17th century Chinese saber

Yet another type that I had not yet seen before.

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Chinese saber with yatağan style blade

An extremely rare and possibly unique type of Chinese officer's saber, or peidao, of the 18th century.

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A good early dadao

Introduction The dadao is the iconic weapon of republican

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Chinese yanyuedao

One of the most iconic of Chinese weapons, commonly known as "Guandao"

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Chinese iron ruler

Introduction As a non-military weapon, not much was written about Chin

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The Demon Repeller - Talisman sword

Introduction The Chinese straightsword or jian (劍) was th

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Vijayanagara hooded katar

With a shield that reminds of Deccan cuirasses.

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An Indian matchlock musket

A very fine, long and slender example with elaborate golden damascening.

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An antique Chinese practice sword

With Daoist talisman and Longquan markings.

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A Sinhalese kasthāné

An impressively large kasthāné, dating from the 18th century.

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A Qing imperial quiver

From my personal collection. A quiver that was once worn at court ceremonies by high ranked officers and imperial…

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An unusual pihiya (piha kaetta)

Probably from the late Kandyan period.

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Large jian with saber guard

Built around an excellent sanmei blade.

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A fine Indian toradar with inlaid stock

General introduction A number of downsized Indian toradar with such lavish inl

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Trousse with "horse-tooth" blade

Accomplished by bending the edge up and down alternately and polishing it smooth again.

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Antique Miaodao

Miaodao simply being a more recent name for the wodao.

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Chinese javelin head

Description At first sight, this may look like a miniature version of a standard Qing s

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A talwar with "lehria" chevron blade

With chevron patterned blade of alternating types of steel.

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Bikaner war axe

Introduction This type of axe was part of the standard equipment of the

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A nanban tsuba

A rather good example of a Japanese-made nanban tsuba.

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A nanban tsuba with Christian orb

A near round tsuba with beaded rim depicting two dragons in vegetal scrollwork.

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Chinese export sword guard

An iron openwork guard two dragons chasing a flaming pearl.

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Large Chinese Daoist sword

Chiseled in the blade is “勅今” which could either mean "imperial order" or "Daoist magic command".

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Indian revolving musket

The main disadvantage of early firearms was the long time it took to reload them.

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Ming militia sword

An honest, unpretentious fighting weapon of the Ming-Qing period.

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A Chinese scholar's sword

Introduction The Chinese straightsword or jiàn (劍) was traditi

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Chinese saber with "naginata-hi"

A Chinese waist saber or yaodao / peidao of the first half of the 18th century.

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Kayamkulam sword

Of the Malabar coast, South India.

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Chiseled iron bichuwa

The handle covered with gold damascening.

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A large Manchu knife

Of a type also issued to the Qing Vanguard.

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Chinese trousse set with glass trinkets

Introduction Sets with a knife and chopsticks and sometimes some other utensils were co

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Chinese shuangdao - double sabers

With narrow liuyedao blades of moderate curvature.

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Qing Bannerman's helmet

Of a type worn among others by the Valiant Cavalry.

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A wide Chinese fighting knife

With the relatively rare feature of a raised backedge.

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A south Indian spearhead

A large example of a type called sang.

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All steel / wootz dagger

The slender blade is made of flawless wootz steel in boldly contrasting shades of silver and dark grey.

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Buryat bowcase and quiver

Of the Western Buryats, living near the shores of Lake Baikal.

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Bikaner elephant katar

Possibly made in Gujarat and eventually incorporated in the Bikaner armory

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Heavy wootz hilted talwar

Introduction The talwar or talvār (Hindi) is

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Qing dynasty imperial edict box

Used to move imperial orders from the emperor’s quarters to the recipient.

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