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A fine Philippine bolo

The blade inlaid with brass, complete with a horn scabbard with pierced decoration.

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Sulawesi sword with VOC blade

A very good sword from South Sulawesi (Celebes) with silver mounts and a dated VOC blade.

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A fine Sinhalese bow

Made in the Four Workshops of the King of Kandy.

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Qing dynasty imperial edict box

Used to move imperial orders from the emperor’s quarters to the recipient.

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Tibetan shortsword with rare blade

With ce rong or "open ravines" pattern of zig-zag lines in the steel.

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Chinese saber with yatağan style blade

An extremely rare and possibly unique type of Chinese officer's saber, or peidao, of the 18th century.

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A kirach with hunting scenes

Its blade pattern-welded and chiseled with designs of hunters and animals.

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Chinese crescent tipped maces

A highly unusual set of paired maces with crescent tips.

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Double-edged Bhutanese dagger

With triple grooves and in heavy silver mountings.

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Silver plated Tanjore spearhead

A large and heavy example with chiseled decor and silver overlaid base.

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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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19th century Qing military saber

With massive 10mm thick blade with strong distal taper.

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Bikaner elephant katar

Possibly made in Gujarat and eventually incorporated in the Bikaner armory

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A Chinese woyaodao

Introduction The ridged and facetted blade shape that is so well known

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All-metal ceremonial guom

With captured French blade, ground down to fit.

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Tibetan helmet with armor

Description Presented in this article is a Tibetan eight-plate helmet w

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Imjin wars period helmet

Description An early type of Korean soldier's helmet.

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A Yi / Lolo sword

Introduction The Yi or Nuosuo people are known as Lolo in early Western ethnographic wr

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A Vietnamese kiem

A very good Vietnamese ceremonial kiem of the Nguyen dynasty.

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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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An exceptionally large dadao

With a wide clipped tip with notched upper edge.

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Chiseled iron Hindu basket hilt

With blackened iron panels with decorative borders carved in relief.

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Antique Chinese saber fittings

Description An antique set of scabbard fittings for a Chinese saber, probably second ha

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A Chinese bow by Changxing

Rare extant work of a famous workshop in Chengdu.

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Dayak carved ceremonial paddle

A fine ceremonial paddle of the Ngaju Dayak of southern Borneo.

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A Chinese scholar's sword

Introduction The Chinese straightsword or jiàn (劍) was traditi

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An exceptional khyber sword

The sword of the tribes living in and near the Khyber pass.

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Heavy wootz hilted talwar

Introduction The talwar or talvār (Hindi) is

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Signed Chinese rattan shield

This one has the early, peaked form and is signed by its maker.

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A Bhutanese "churi chenm" sword

Referring to the wavy patterns on the midsection of the silver scabbard.

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South Indian katar with curved blade

A very crisp and complete example of its type.

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Dzeferdar miquelet rifle

With Ottoman twisted "damascus" barrel and fine mother-of-pearl inlaid stock.

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Mindan dha with agate pommel

Its blade portraying the story of one of the previous lives of Guatama Buddha.

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A very good Afghan pulouar

With wootz handle with fine pierced pommel dome.

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Solingen blade with pata hilt

Indian gauntlet sword with German blade made in Solingen.

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Fine piha kaetta with velvet scabbard

A very fine example with beautifully chiseled silver pommel plate.

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Jūmonji yari (hozon)

A fine cross-shaped yari made by Enju Nobakatsu, with NBTHK Hozon papers.

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Tibetan style pierced saddle plate

With designs of four dragons in scrollwork around a "wish-granting-jewel"

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Fine inlaid sikin panjang

Complete example with the rarer feature of inlays at the base of the blade.

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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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Tibetan shortsword from Ladakh

With elaborately pierced and chased silver scabbard.

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Chinese Hui sword

A peculiar Chinese dadao with markings attributing it to a Hui army or battallion.

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Tibetan or Mongolian quiver

Of an early type with dramatic widened shape.

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Rajput sosun pattah

With wootz blade, Marwari style hilt, and its original red velvet scabbard.

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Talwar hilted shamshir

With a very fine Persian blade of "brilliant black" wootz.

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Vietnamese straightsword

It has a narrow but sturdy blade with a springy temper.

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Chinese garlic mace

Called suàntóu gǔduǒ in Mandarin, with characteristic brass head.

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Peidao in iron fangshi mounts

Introduction The terms peidao or yaodao are synonyms that were in use

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Chinese saber of the Chaoyang army

Late 18th century, complete with its original scabbard.

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Flame backed double swords

With dramatically shaped blades and inlaid hilts.

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