Pierced silver buckle
Made of solid silver, in Qing court style. With 19th-century European import marks.
SoldRepeating pellet crossbow stock
A very rare variety of the Chinese repeating crossbow that shoots large pellets.
SoldVery good hachiwari
Literally "skull splitter", more widely known as kabutowari; "helmet splitter." An excellent example, one of the best…
SoldChinese fighting carrying pole
A heavily executed Chinese carrying pole that was used as a weapon.
SoldMongol conquest period quiver
Carbon dated to 1175-1275 A.D. with 95,4% certainty, the height of the Mongol conquest period.
SoldFine Burmese silver sword scabbard
It represents the best of Burmese silversmithing with repousse work in high relief.
SoldTibetan oracle crown skull
A flaming skull that was once part of the crown of a Tibetan oracle.
SoldTibetan bowcase & quiver
A matched set of lacquered leather, finely decorated with gradient colors and black and gold detailing.
SoldPeranakan "pending" buckle
Belt buckle from West-Java, worn by Peranakan and wealthy Javanese women.
SoldFine Peranakan belt buckle
This style was produced in Tangerang, just West of Batavia, now Jakarta.
SoldIndonesian cockfighting spurs in box
Weapons not for man, but for an unfortunate rooster. Retired, in a hardwood box.
SoldChinese báitóng whip
A Chinese traditional hidden striking weapon, this time executed in the "white copper" alloy.
SoldBow by Ju Yuan Hao of Beijing
Made by the last operational bowyer of China, probably for the Mongolian market.
SoldRepublican period whistle arrow
Dating from the revival period of Chinese archery in the 1930s.
SoldEarly lacquered quiver
It's face covered with beautifully lacquered leather, in that characteristic earlier style.
SoldMalachite Manchu archer's ring
Such rings were worn by Qing dynasty "bannermen" as a sign of their status as a conquest elite.
SoldVietnamese crook handled cane
With a finely crafted silver handle with dragons and squirrels, mounted on a malacca cane.
SoldA Vietnamese Christian cross
Constructed out of dense hardwood and with fine mother-of-pearl inlays in the Vietnamese fashion.
SoldA Qing strength bow
A very heavy Manchu bow used for strength training and military examinations.
SoldA deconstructed Qing bow
For the bowyers, a set of parts of an authentic 19th century Qing bow.
SoldQing folding bow
A short-eared composite bow with an iron hinge in the handle so it folds upon itself.
SoldBox of Javanese arrows
Used in a target archery sport that was originally practiced in the Keraton.
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