Yari with kusabi-hi
Large Japanese spearhead with red lacquered zig-zag groove. Signed Mitsuhiro.
SoldSukesada uchigatana made August 1523
With a sayagaki by Honma sensei attributing it to Yosozaemon.
SoldFine Kinai dragon tsuba
Made by the Kinai group of Echizen, who originated as horimono carvers.
SoldKunikiyo wakizashi, Yamano test cut
A wakizashi by master Kunikiyo, tested by the most famous sword tester of 17th century Japan.
SoldTibetan oracle crown skull
A flaming skull that was once part of the crown of a Tibetan oracle.
SoldGilt duanjian with foreign blade
Unusual Chinese duanjian with fine gilt mounts and a blade of non-Chinese origin.
SoldChinese tiger shield
A large Chinese rattan shield called tengpai, used by special front-line troops.
SoldMongol conquest period quiver
Carbon dated to 1175-1275 A.D. with 95,4% certainty, the height of the Mongol conquest period.
SoldSōshū sword with tachi koshirae
Tokubetsu Hozon, attributed to Den Tametsugu. With fine itomaki no tachi koshirae.
SoldChinese fighting carrying pole
A heavily executed Chinese carrying pole that was used as a weapon.
SoldCambodian long saber
Sized like the Chinese changren dadao, yet the execution of the hilt is Cambodian.
SoldJumyo katana with fine koshirae
The very detailed mountings are decorated with designs of Japanese spiny lobsters.
SoldQing peidao with gold grooves
With fine 18th century blade that combines many stylistic features.
SoldSword hilted khukurī
A rarer variety with a hilt that takes inspiration from the kora and talwar.
SoldHan Plain Red Banner saber
Southern Chinese saber made for a soldier under the Plain Red Banner.
SoldKatana in horse theme koshirae
Blade signed Sesshū-jū Fujiwara Hiroyoshi, active in the 1670s-80s.
SoldEnamelled Hirado Kunishige tsuba
Fine work and one of the very few enamelled tsuba by this maker.
SoldVery good hachiwari
Literally "skull splitter", more widely known as kabutowari; "helmet splitter." An excellent example, one of the best…
SoldDagestani shashka dated 1912
A nice Caucasian shashka from Dagestan with a Russian imperial monogram.
SoldCaucasian silver niello miquelet pistol
Dagestani work from the town of Kubatchi, early to mid 19th century.
SoldPlain dha with baldric
Nice plain dha as used in Yunnan, Burma, and northern Thailand. Complete with baldric.
SoldJumonji yari by Kanabō Masazane
Made in the 16th century, for the warrior monks of the Hozo-in temple in Nara.
SoldEchizen Kanesada in striking koshirae
Blade with fine dragon horimono. The mounts signed Sōmin and Masatatsu.
SoldLarge Ming tuánliàn jiàn
A large piece dating from the Ming-Qing transition period of the 17th century.
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