Very fine Sinhalese kasthāné
With parcel gilding and ruby eyes, in a fine silver repousse scabbard.
SoldDeccan firanghi with silver overlay
The basket hilt is elaborately overlaid with silver in floral designs.
Price on requestAinu sword with sash
With deeply carved scabbard, complete with fine guard embroidered sash.
GalleryA 17th century Manchu saber
A massive 17th century saber blade with markings in Manchu and Chinese.
GalleryLóngquán 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…
SoldTalwar of Mohta Bakhtawar Singh
A fine Marwari talwar presented to the Dewan (chief minister) of Bikaner in 1756 A.D.
SoldJumyo katana with fine koshirae
The very detailed mountings are decorated with designs of Japanese spiny lobsters.
Price on requestKunikiyo wakizashi, Yamano test cut
A wakizashi by master Kunikiyo, tested by the most famous sword tester of 17th century Japan.
SoldChinese twistcore presentation saber
An unusually large presentation saber in the style of high-end Chinese military sabers.
GalleryMing jian with chiseled mounts
A very early, full-length type, rarely seen with chiseled iron mounts.
GalleryDutch chiseled iron smallsword
Part of a group of rare late 17th century examples, representing the finest of its kind.
GalleryA rare Jinchuan sword
A royal sword, probably from the Wasi kingdom in present-day Sichuan province.
GallerySouth Indian pattisa
An early example, late Vijayanagara empire, with a fine wootz spatulate blade.
SoldSōshū sword with tachi koshirae
Tokubetsu Hozon, attributed to Den Tametsugu. With fine itomaki no tachi koshirae.
SoldQing peidao with gold grooves
With fine 18th century blade that combines many stylistic features.
SoldImportant Ko-Hōki Sadatsuna katana
12th-century blade. 33rd Shinsha Juyō Token with sayagaki by Tanobe.
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