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  • Thai royal pole arms logo

    Pair of Siamese royal pole arms

    With naginata-style blades, and lavish gilt copper mounts.

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  • Bowcase and quiver logo

    Tibetan bowcase & quiver

    A matched set of lacquered leather, finely decorated with gradient colors and black and gold detailing.

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  • Golden groove peidao logo

    Qing peidao with gold grooves

    With fine 18th century blade that combines many stylistic features.

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  • Tametsugu logo

    Sōshū sword with tachi koshirae

    Tokubetsu Hozon, attributed to Den Tametsugu. With fine itomaki no tachi koshirae.

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  • Sosun pattah with twistcore blade

    Sosun pattah with twistcore blade

    The hilt with overlay of the finest quality of the period

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  • 16th century pattisa logo

    South Indian pattisa

    An early example, late Vijayanagara empire, with a fine wootz spatulate blade.

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  • Very fine Tibetan dpa'dam logo

    Tibetan cavalry dpa'dam

    With massive blade and silk brocade decorated scabbard.

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  • Indian talwar with 1693 dated blade logo

    Talwar with 1693 dated blade

    With later, elaborately chiseled hilt of very fine quality.

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  • Korean bowcase and quiver logo

    Korean bowcase & quiver

    A very rare matching set of Korean bowcase and quiver.

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  • Chinese twist-core saber

    Rare Chinese twist-core saber

    Introduction The peidao (佩刀) or yaodao (腰刀)

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  • Twistcore peidao logo

    Qing twistcore peidao

    A fine twistcore blade in standard pattern Qing military mounts.

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  • Nayar sword logo

    Nayar ritual sword

    An unusually ornate iteration of the design, intended for Hindu ceremonies.

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  • Kunikiyo wakizashi with horimono tested by Yamano 2 body cut

    Kunikiyo wakizashi, Yamano test cut

    A wakizashi by master Kunikiyo, tested by the most famous sword tester of 17th century Japan.

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  • Musashi Taro Yasukuni katana logo

    Katana by Musashi Taro Yasukuni

    Signed, ubu. Complete with tasteful koshirae and Hozon papers.

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  • Golden sabiki logo

    Gilt Ottoman made sabiki

    The long version of the jambiya, with blackened, gold inlaid blade.

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  • Daoist shuangjian

    Lóngquán Daoist shuāngjiàn

    A very good set of Daoist straightswords in a single scabbard. There is a lot to see here, but I will start with the…

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  • Marwar talwar presented to Mohta Bakhtawar Singh logo

    Talwar of Mohta Bakhtawar Singh

    A fine Marwari talwar presented to the Dewan (chief minister) of Bikaner in 1756 A.D.

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  • Ottoman pala beset with coral and turquoises

    An Ottoman coral studded pala

    With gilt copper scabbard and multi-row twist-core blade.

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  • Qing bowcase and quiver

    Iron mounted Qing bowcase & quiver

    With iron mounts with golden overlay of dragons.

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  • Early Tibetan or Mongol quiver

    Mongol conquest period quiver

    Carbon dated to 1175-1275 A.D. with 95,4% certainty, the height of the Mongol conquest period.

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  • Bhutanese shortsword logo

    Bhutanese shortsword

    From the P. Holstein collection, published in 1931.

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  • Khanda logo

    An exceptional khanda

    With wootz blade and wootz Hindu basket hilt

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  • Kasthane logo

    Sinhalese kasthāné dated 1776

    A very fine specimen with VOC blade and ruby-set scabbard.

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  • Very fine Sinhalese kasthāné

    Very fine Sinhalese kasthāné

    With parcel gilding and ruby eyes, in a fine silver repousse scabbard.

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  • 17th century pattisa logo

    Fine 17th century pattissa

    The enormous blade made of fine, boldly contrasting wootz steel.

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  • Ming - Qing transition period saber

    Early Qing saber

    A rare Chinese officer's saber of the 17th century.

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  • Fine wootz talwar

    Wootz talwar with pierced scabbard

    With fine gold overlaid hilt, tight-grained wootz blade and elaborately pierced scabbard.

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  • naginata-saber

    Chinese saber with "naginata-hi"

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

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  • Rukai shortsword logo

    Fine Taiwanese chieftain's sword

    A very ornate example worn by chieftains of the Rukai and Paiwan tribes of Southern Taiwan.

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  • Dual twistcore saber logo

    Rare Chinese twistcore saber

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

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  • A fine silver hilted kasthané logo

    A fine silver hilted kasthāné

    Of the Royal Workshops of the Kingdom of Khandy.

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  • Antique Korean ceremonial saber logo

    Korean ceremonial saber

    Of a type referred to as byeolungeom, "sword used by king’s guard officials".

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  • Mail shirt

    Fine mail shirt, Sikh Empire

    With a lozenge pattern of brass rings.

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  • Sosun pattah with golden damascened hilt logo

    North Indian sosun pattah

    A very good example of a sosun pattah, or "lily leaf", of elegant form.

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  • Ottoman bow logo

    Very fine Ottoman bow

    Signed by its maker Haci Gavsî, and its decorator Tevfik.

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  • A notable Bhutanese sword logo

    A notable Bhutanese sword

    Its silver scabbard richly decorated in churi chenm style or "wavy pattern".

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  • Cambodian long saber logo

    Cambodian long saber

    Sized like the Chinese changren dadao, yet the execution of the hilt is Cambodian.

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  • Sosun pattah

    Sosun Pattah

    With Persian wootz blade, engraved at forte with floral designs.

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  • Ottoman knife by Manceaux, Paris

    Ottoman knife by Manceaux, Paris

    Of superior quality manufacture, combining a mix of European and Ottoman taste.

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  • Good Chinese jian

    A very good Chinese jian

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

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  • The dha of O.T. Burne

    The O.T. Burne dha

    With silver overlaid blade and silver mounts worked in repousse. With some of Burne's personal items.

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  • Double kiem logo

    Matched Vietnamese kiếm pair

    With carved stone handles and superb workmanship in silver and mother-of-pearl.

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  • Tibetan or Mongolian bow case logo

    Early Tibetan or Mongol bow case

    With gold and black painted face with geometric decor.

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  •  A fine Chinese yanchidao

    A fine Chinese yànchìdāo

    It comes with its complete set of fittings in a thick gauge of báitóng.

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  • Momoyama kabuto

    Golden kabuto with iron menpo

    A striking battle helmet from the Momoyama period of 1568-1600 A.D.

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  • Studded Kham dagger logo

    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 logo

    Paiwan tjakit with provenance

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

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  • Balinese keris of Ferdinand Blok

    Balinese keris of Ferdinand Blok

    The 9-luk blade of strong proportions is engraved with the face of a demon.

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  • A kutch style pata logo

    Indian Pata with Kutch style decor

    A serious weapon with a very good blade and heavy plating.

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  • Antique Chinese changdao logo

    An antique chángdāo

    Its large blade is of ridged cross-section, inspired by the Japanese design.

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  • Burmese spear logo

    A rare Burmese spear

    A fine example with silver overlaid spearhead and silver ferrule with niello inlay.

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  • Vietnamese kiem in Chinese style

    Vietnamese kiếm in Chinese stye

    Utilizing a Chinese guard and following the Chinese hilt design.

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