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Peranakan "pending" buckle

Belt buckle from West-Java, worn by Peranakan and wealthy Javanese women.

€250,-
A humble service khukurī

A 19th-century piece with a simple blade but nicely carved hilt.

€250,-
Afghan sickle, called lohar

Of typical design, forged from one piece of iron, overlaid with brass on one side.

€275,-
Sinhalese kirichchiya

With carved horn hilt and characteristic finger guard.

€300,-
Bhutanese dagger

With narrow blade and all brass mounts.

€300,-
A Sinhalese knife

Rarely seen today, a commoner's example with carved, bone hilt.

€300,-
Vietnamese single edged spearhead

Large, heavy single-edged example with iron mounts.

€325,-
Cast iron compass rose guard

A peculiar cast iron sword guard, probably from the South China Seas area.

€350,-
Sawasa style iron guard

Unusual piece with depiction of a foreign figure.

€350,-
Peony karakusa tsuba

Executed in "nanban style" openwork with chiseled and gold-encrusted peonies.

€350,-
Half bone hilted khukurī

With wide blade and a two-tone hilt in cattle bone and wood, capped with brass.

€350,-
Antique Chinese spearhead 2

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

€375,-
Antique Chinese spearhead

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

€400,-
A Sinhalese kirichchiya

A rare type of Sinhalese dagger with stylized bird hilt and blade with backedge.

€400,-
Ramree veteran khukurī

Signed: Ricky Milnes, India 44, Burma 44, Ramree 45.

€400,-
Kiyou-Toujin Tsuba

A Japanese style sword guard made in 17th century Nagasaki Chinatown.

€400,-
Daruma tsuba

A peculiar tsuba with a depiction of Bodhidharma and two dragon chasing a pearl.

€420,-
A Solomon islands plaited bow

Made of palm wood, entirely decorated with plaited work.

€430,-
Iron ship sword guard

A chiseled iron sword guard depicting a Dutch ship with a figure on its stern.

€450,-
Signed nakago kozuka

A by-knife for a Japanese sword, with a hilt shaped like a sword tang.

€450,-
Khukurī in wooden scabbard

The scabbard carved as to closely mimic a tooled leather scabbard.

€450,-
Wan-gata tsuba by Kunihiro

Its outer surface is decorated with interlocking swastikas and family crests.

€460,-
Rare beladau lebar dagger

A rare type of dagger from South Kalimantan, loosely based on Islamic daggers seen worn by traders.

€475,-
A trousse khukurī

Its scabbard with 12 pockets, with 10 of the items remaining.

€500,-
Eastern Tibetan or Yunnan zhibeidao

A simple piece, but with a nicely etched blade typical for the Tibetan / Sichuan borderlands.

€575,-
SE Asian dha (carbon 14 dated)

In excavated condition. With XRF and radiocarbon dating results.

€600,-
A "dui chirra" khukuri

Named so after the two ridges that are formed on the bi-fullered blade.

€625,-
West-Javanese gobang

The sword of the Sundanese people of the Preanger highlands.

€650,-
South Indian katar with Bikaner marks

An interesting South Indian style katar with an imported European blade.

€650,-
Polished Sino-Vietnamese dagger

A heavy Sin-Vietnamese fighting knife, with recently polished blade.

€675,-
An excavated dha sword

With heavy blade and copper alloy hilt and lobed guard.

€700,-
Unusual Chinese saber

Built around an imported blade, with a human head shaped pommel.

€750,-
Chinese crescent spearhead

A robust and heavy example, crafted with care.

€750,-
Indian madu parrying weapon

Made with two antelope horns and an iron shield.

€800,-
Sumatran hilted Dutch saber

Using a possibly captured M1898 "klewang" blade.

€800,-
Chinese hùshǒu with lantsa script

A Chinese sword guard from the 18th century with a Buddhist mantra in lantsa script.

€800,-
Asian export sword guard

An interesting pierced iron Asian export sword guard that is part of a small group of guards that

€800,-
Broad Vietnamese knife

Broad bladed example with horn hilt and engraved blade.

€900,-
Acehnese peudeueng

With Hindu style basket hilt and local blade in European style.

€1000,-
Korean horn bow set

An old Korean hornbow from the 50s or 60s with string and arrows.

€1000,-
A large Vietnamese falchion

Description A rather unusual Vietnamese falchion, by lack of a better n

€1100,-
An old dha (carbon 14 dated)

Found in excavated condition, published with results of c-14 and XRF analysis.

€1100,-
Fuchi kashira by Hisayuki

A beautiful signed Japanese ferrule and pommel plate.

€1200,-
Persian wootz spearhead

Made using Persian wootz. Pronounced features, chiseled socket.

€1200,-
A Sumbawa Kabeala

With broad silver-clad scabbard, worked entirely in repousse.

€1250,-
A Padri carbine

An unusual variety, shortened to carbine size, with a chicken wing wood stock.

€1300,-
The Wiasemsky Montagnard dha

Collected by a Russian prince from the hill peoples of central Vietnam in 1892.

€1500,-
An early "piha-kaetta"

Of nice quality, with unusual openwork silver bolster with serapendiya.

€1500,-
Qing openwork saber guard

A very rare Chinese saber guard dating from the height of the Qing dynasty.

€1500,-
A large Qing dàdāo

Large and heavy example with the notable Umlauff provenance.

€1600,-
A fine, heavy piha kaetta

Of the chopper variety, with a finely carved ivory hilt.

€1650,-
Tiger hilt sword with VOC blade

With Dutch VOC blade, marked with the Amsterdam monogram.

€1750,-