Spear / lance | Mandarin Mansion

With fine twist-core pamor and carved wooden scabbard.

Made of iron, weighted with two flattened spheres, all with chiseled decoration.

Once part of a trisula, made on Java in the 17th century.

Of a rarer form, often used for ceremonial pole-arms.

Of classic shape, with a leaf-shaped blade on a socket, connected by a cast bronze base.

Of classic shape, with a leaf-shaped blade on a socket, connected by a cast bronze base.

Of classic shape, with a leaf-shaped blade on a socket, connected by a cast bronze base.

Signed Yasutsugu, with sayagaki referring to the Tokugawa family.

A heavy, well-made piece that was probably a military issue.

Of slender type with a chiseled iron knot shaped bolster.

A nice example of a rare type of weapon from the Sinhalese arsenal.

A south Indian spearhead with a thick double-edged, symmetrical leaf-shaped blade.