Chinese báitóng whip
A Chinese traditional hidden striking weapon, this time executed in the "white copper" alloy.
A parakeet shaped ankus head
Made with a separate parakeet-shaped hook, attached to long tanged spearhead.
A south Indian ankus head
South India, made of chiseled iron with bird-bodied yali creatures.
A rare kudi trantang
A rare variation of one of the rarest forms of Indonesian arms.
Pierced iron saddle
Executed in the Tibetan style, exhibiting dragons in foliage chasing flaming jewels.
Sinhalese lacquered cane
Description
An antique Sinhalese walking cane, made of a light and relatively flexible rattan.
A fine walking cane from Madras
Made of a beautiful piece of black zitan hardwood, carved in a spiral, topped with a silver knob.
Vietnamese crook handled cane
With a finely crafted silver handle with dragons and squirrels, mounted on a malacca cane.
Sadeli walking cane
Covered almost entirely in very fine "sadeli" marquetry that is associated primarily with Gujarat.
A Vietnamese Christian cross
Constructed out of dense hardwood and with fine mother-of-pearl inlays in the Vietnamese fashion.
Qing military rank badge
Depicting the golden cat, representing the 6th military rank.
Axe with Anup Singh inscription
With a samvat date that corresponds to 1691 A.D.
Burmese sword carbine
A rare Burmese weapon combining a percussion carbine with a short sword.
Tibetan style pierced saddle plate
With designs of four dragons in scrollwork around a "wish-granting-jewel"
Chinese forked mace
A forked mace with cast ornament in the middle of the cross guard.
Chinese bronze mace (tóngjiǎn)
With large dragon head collar piece.
Chinese crescent moon weapons
Unusual set of paired Chinese maces of good workmanship.
South Indian pierced iron ankus
Its decoration consists of fantastic designs of various animals, mythical and existing.
Antique Chinese bronze mace
Introduction
Chinese civilian martial artists used a wide variety of weapons.
A Japanese kusarigama
The Japanese kusarigama is a variation of the gama, a scythe-like weapon that was l
Illustrated Encyclopedia of Things Chinese, 1719
Description
A Japanese volume from the 唐土訓蒙圖彚 or "Illustrated Encyclopedia of Things Chinese", it was publi
Solomon Islands war club
With paddle-shaped blade associated with the Nggela Islands.
Chinese sword breaker
With tapering blade, hollow ground on each side to make the edges slightly sharper.
A Chinese sword breaker (jian)
Introduction
In Chinese military culture, there has long been a distinction between two hea
Qing dynasty imperial edict box
Used to move imperial orders from the emperor’s quarters to the recipient.
Bikaner war axe
Introduction
This type of axe was part of the standard equipment of the mounted North India
Chinese iron ruler
Introduction
As a non-military weapon, not much was written about Chinese tiě chǐ
An orange Qing dynasty banner
With a five-clawed imperial dragon chasing the pearl of wisdom.
Chinese war flail
Introduction
Flails derived off farming tools were used since antiquity in many countries.