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Fine Tibetan gem studded dagger

A very rare type of dagger that originates from the borderlands of Eastern Tibet and Sichuan.

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Paiwan tjakit with provenance

It was collected by Laurens Langewis, an early 20th-century ethnographer and author.

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Golden Bundi style katar

From the collection of Dr. Leo Figiel.

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A gilt katar with spiraled hilt

In a style associated with Maharao Raja Ram Singh.

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Vijayanagara hooded katar

With a shield that reminds of Deccan cuirasses.

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18th century northern katar

With high-contrast wootz blade and fine damascening in two tones of gold.

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Studded Eastern Tibetan dagger

Of Kham area regional style, with a grip studded with turquoises and corals.

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North Indian katar with tools

With a fine wootz blade with a pronounced center ridge.

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Taiwanese Aboriginal Pingpu knife

Introduction The Island of Taiwan was briefly under Dutch colonial rule in the 17th cen

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Silver Sinhalese ul-pihiya

A fine Kandyan knife, or ul-pihiya, probably mid 18th century.

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A fine curved Deccan katar

With beautifully shaped blade and fine, elaborately chiseled hilt.

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A katar from Bundi

The style typical for royal katar made under Maharao Ram Singh.

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Unusual khanjarli

With straight blade and two opposing Yali chiseled out of the forte of the blade.

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Bikaner elephant katar

Possibly made in Gujarat and eventually incorporated in the Bikaner armory

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Chiseled iron bichuwa

The handle covered with gold damascening.

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Chinese jade handled dagger

It has a solid pale green jade hilt that is fitted to a silver collar-piece.

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South Indian katar with curved blade

A very crisp and complete example of its type.

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Fine piha kaetta with velvet scabbard

A very fine example with beautifully chiseled silver pommel plate.

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Ancient Ba-Shu dagger

From approximately the 5th to 3rd century B.C.

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Sinhalese ul-pihiya

A rare example retaining its original silver covered scabbard.

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A large pihiya kättha

A massive example weighing just over 800 grams. With scabbard.

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South Indian loop hilted dagger

Introduction Indian loop hilted dagger are generally called bichuwa (बिछुवा )

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A fine bichuwa with gold decor

A north Indian bichuwa dagger with recurved blade and richly decorated hilt.

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A Deccan chilanum

With wootz blade, and silver overlaid hilt that was finished with fire-gilding.

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Rare iconographic Mongolian style knife

Introduction Many Mongols, the Khalkas in particular, had close ties with the Manchu ru

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A very good ul-pihiya

A Sinhalese knife with lavish silver mounts and overlay.

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Deccan katar with Bikaner marks

With a hilt that is of typical southern form, with a cupped base and langets.

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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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Large Chinese hunting knife

With fine blade in recent polish. With resting scabbard.

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A large and very good khanjarli

With lunette pommel of ivory plates.

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Vijayanagara katar

A 16th hooded katar with the wide, ribbed blade that is characteristic for this period.

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Vijayanagara "pata"

A very early example of the type, with locally made rapier style blade.

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Katar with complex ribbed blade

A substantial example, of elegant form, with a complex grooved blade.

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A fine Yunnan Dai dagger

With characteristic bulb pommel and silver plating on hilt and scabbard.

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A wide Chinese fighting knife

With the relatively rare feature of a raised backedge.

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Heavy Rajput katar

A heavy Indian katar with substantial armor piercing blade.

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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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Chinese trousse with inlaid iron mounts

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

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South Indian chiseled iron katar

A nice honest example of an early south Indian katar with great sculptural qualities.

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A fine Korean eunjangdo

With all silver construction, including the blade.

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A South Indian khanjarli

A fine, early example with silver-plated details.

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A curved Deccan katar

With elaborately pierced and chiseled hilt.

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A fine Chinese trousse set

In emerald green scabbard and with fan case.

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All-steel Bundi katar

The blade features a sunken panel with very finely chiseled "tree of life" motiff of small leaves.

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Stone-hilted pesh-kabz

A very large example with a strongly reinforced tip and stone handle scales.

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An unusual pihiya (piha kaetta)

Probably from the late Kandyan period.

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Chinese trousse in Mongolian style

With heavy pierced silver mounts in with archaic dragon designs.

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Golden damascened boy's katar

A rare example with pattern welded blade, retaining its original scabbard.

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An Indian kard dagger

With a good quality wootz blade.

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A Bikaner armory dagger

A rare, early south Indian dagger with Bikaner armory markings

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A northern katar in southern style

Exhibiting southern style beaded edges with northern style construction and gold.

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Southern Chinese double knives

With carved hardwood grips. Complete with pigskin scabbard.

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