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Pair of Siamese royal pole arms

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

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Tibetan bowcase & quiver

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

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Qing peidao with gold grooves

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

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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

The hilt with overlay of the finest quality of the period

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South Indian pattisa

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

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Tibetan cavalry dpa'dam

With massive blade and silk brocade decorated scabbard.

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Talwar with 1693 dated blade

With later, elaborately chiseled hilt of very fine quality.

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Korean bowcase & quiver

A very rare matching set of Korean bowcase and quiver.

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Rare Chinese twist-core saber

Introduction The peidao (佩刀) or yaodao (腰刀)

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Qing twistcore peidao

A fine twistcore blade in standard pattern Qing military mounts.

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Nayar ritual sword

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

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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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Katana by Musashi Taro Yasukuni

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

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Gilt Ottoman made sabiki

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

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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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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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An Ottoman coral studded pala

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

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Iron mounted Qing bowcase & quiver

With iron mounts with golden overlay of dragons.

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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

From the P. Holstein collection, published in 1931.

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An exceptional khanda

With wootz blade and wootz Hindu basket hilt

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Sinhalese kasthāné dated 1776

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

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Very fine Sinhalese kasthāné

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

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Fine 17th century pattissa

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

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Early Qing saber

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

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Wootz talwar with pierced scabbard

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

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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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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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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 kasthāné

Of the Royal Workshops of the Kingdom of Khandy.

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Korean ceremonial saber

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

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Fine mail shirt, Sikh Empire

With a lozenge pattern of brass rings.

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North Indian sosun pattah

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

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Very fine Ottoman bow

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

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A notable Bhutanese sword

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

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Cambodian long saber

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

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Sosun Pattah

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

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Ottoman knife by Manceaux, Paris

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

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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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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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Matched Vietnamese kiếm pair

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

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Early Tibetan or Mongol bow case

With gold and black painted face with geometric decor.

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A fine Chinese yànchìdāo

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

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Golden kabuto with iron menpo

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

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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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Balinese keris of Ferdinand Blok

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

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Indian Pata with Kutch style decor

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

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An antique chángdāo

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

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A rare Burmese spear

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

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Vietnamese kiếm in Chinese stye

Utilizing a Chinese guard and following the Chinese hilt design.

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