Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria

NINE JAPANESE BOWS AND A BOW BAG, EDO PERIOD AND LATER the first Edo Period, of nisun-nobi length (227.0 cm), with a rounded belly, red lacquered ...

TWO JAPANESE BOWS, A QUIVER (YAZUTSU) OF ARROWS AND SEVERAL BOWSTRINGS, 20TH CENTURY the first bow from Kokoshin archery, of laminated bamboo and ...

A JAPANESE SWORD (KATANA), MEIJI PERIOD the blade with ridged cross section (shinogi-zukuri), gentle curve (sori), faint wavy (notare midare) temp...

A JAPANESE SWORD (KATANA), UNSIGNED, PROBABLY LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY the single-edged blade with ridged section (shinogi-zukuri) (rusted), s...

A JAPANESE SWORD (KATANA), 20TH CENTURY with unsigned steel blade, false edge at the tip, curving towards an unsharpened section at the forte, in ...

A JAPANESE SHORT SWORD, PROBABLY AINU, EDO PERIOD unsigned, the single-edged blade of shinogi-zukuri section widening towards the tip (heavy rust)...

A CHINESE HOOK SWORD, LATE QING DYNASTY the double-edged blade with protruding hook below the tip, crescent-shaped edged guard secured by two robu...

A FAR EASTERN DAGGER, 19TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY CHINESE with single-edged blade with three narrow fullers along the back and incised with two ‘eyelas...

TWO CHINESE COPPER ALLOY SWORDS (JIAN) IN WARRING STATES PERIOD STYLE the first with cast double edged straight blade of diamond section (surface ...

A CHINESE SWORD (LIUYEDAO), QING DYNASTY the single-edged blade with triangular section, tempered edge, gently curving from the tip until the lowe...

A COPY OF A CHINESE SWORD (JIAN), IN QING DYNASTY STYLE, MODERN with double-edged steel blade (pitted), short fuller near the forte engraved with ...

A CHINESE SHORTSWORD (DAO) AND ANOTHER, QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY the first with broad double-edged blade, copper alloy hilt cast with foliage an...

A CHINESE COMPOSITE BOW, QING DYNASTY, 19TH/20TH CENTURY, PROBABLY FOR A TIBETAN CLIENT with reflexed limbs, the belly painted black with red and ...

THREE CHINESE COMPOSITE BOWS, QING DYNASTY, 19TH/20TH CENTURY the first with reflexed limbs faced with horn on the belly painted black, the back c...

A CHINESE FOLDING BOW AND A FURTHER CHINESE BOW, QING DYNASTY the first with reflexed limbs, the belly with long strips of horn, the back painted ...

A THAI PELLET BOW AND FIVE FURTHER SOUTH-EAST ASIAN BOWS, 19TH/20TH CENTURY comprising: a fine Thai pellet bow with ornate decorated nocks and gri...

A NEPALESE SILVER-GILT MOUNTED KUKRI, 19TH CENTURY of characteristic form, with single-edged leaf-shaped blade fullered along the back on each sid...

TWO NEPALESE KUKRIS, LATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY each of characteristic form, the first with bright blade, and brass hilt chased with foliage, ...

FOUR JAVANESE KRIS, 19TH CENTURY each with double-edged pattern-welded blade, three with lightly carved figured wooden hilt of typical Surakarta f...

TWO TIBETAN OR BHUTANESE DAGGERS, LATE 19TH CENTURY OR LATER each of characteristic form and with single-edged blade, brass-mounted hilts, the pom...

THREE TIBETAN OR BHUTANESE DAGGERS, PROBABLY 20TH CENTURY each with single-edged blade, metal-mounted hilts each with bone grips, one set with a c...

A BHUTANESE DAGGER, AN INDIAN KARD, A CHINESE CUTLERY SET, A MALAYSIAN SWORD, AND A MORO JUNGLE KNIFE (PANABAS), ALL 19TH CENTURY the first with ...

A SUMATRAN KARO BATAK SWORD (KALASAN), 19TH CENTURY with recurved single-edged blade, gently curved spine tapering towards the point, short ricass...

AN INDIAN DECORATED SWORD WITH BLADE BY WILKINSON, PALL MALL, LONDON, NO. 9240 FOR 1858 with Victorian etched blade of regulation type, decorated ...

A SOUTH INDIAN SWORD, 18TH/19TH CENTURY OR EARLIER with broad russet blade widening towards the hook-shaped point and with beaked extension on one...

A SOUTH INDIAN TULWAR, PROBABLY 17TH CENTURY with bright flexible double-edged European blade with shallow central fuller over nearly its entire l...

AN INDIAN SWORD CANE BLADE, 19TH CENTURY of bright steel single-edged over most of its length and originally fitting into the haft (missing) of a ...

A SOUTH INDIAN SICKLE, 17TH/18TH CENTURY ◉ with slender curved single-edged blade (pitted) with traces of punched decoration along the back edge o...

A RARE INDIAN RAPIER BLADE IN EUROPEAN TASTE, PROBABLY 17TH CENTURY of tapering hexagonal section with waved edged and central fuller over most of...

A DETACHED HILT FROM AN INDIAN SWORD, 17TH CENTURY comprising a pair of slender langets with foliate terminals, quillon-block engraved with a pair...

AN INDIAN KATAR, 18TH CENTURY with tapering double-edged blade (tip pitted) with converging double central fuller over each side covered in silver...

AN INDIAN ELEPHANT DAGGER, 19TH CENTURY, THE BLADE PROBABLY EARLIER with large tapering double-edged blade of katar form (some old pitting) with m...

AN INDIAN ALL-METAL KHANJAR with recurved double-edged blade with medial ridge in a recessed panel over most of its length on both sides, the fort...

A SOUTH INDIAN BRONZE PROCESSIONAL POLEARM HEAD, 19TH CENTURY cast in one and comprising a tapering double-edged leaf-shaped blade with three rais...

AN INDIAN POLEARM HEAD, 19TH CENTURY with double-edged leaf-shaped blade of diamond section at the point, brass basal mount engraved on each side ...

AN INDIAN SPEARHEAD, 17TH/18TH CENTURY formed entirely of steel, with tapering leaf-shaped blade of flattened diamond section, secured at the base...

A SOUTH INDIAN CEREMONIAL SPEARHEAD, 18TH/19TH CENTURY, PROBABLY THANJAVUR formed as a scaley fish with two pairs of fins and a bifurcated tail, t...

AN INDIAN BRASS STAFF HEAD, 19TH CENTURY formed as a double boteh each incised on one side with a Devanagari inscription, riveted to a tubular bra...

A SOUTH INDIAN ALL-METAL STAFF, PROBABLY 17TH CENTURY of russet iron retaining traces of silvering, the head formed in the round as a winged makar...

AN INDO-PERSIAN AXE, 19TH CENTURY with flat crescentic head chiselled with foliage and a calligraphic panel all enriched with koftgari, flat rear ...

AN ARAB SWORD, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY ◉ with curved single-edged fullered blade decorated with celestial motifs on each side of the forte, l...

AN ARAB SWORD, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY with curved single-edged blade of watered steel, low grade gold hilt comprising border-engraved cross-...

A YEMENI JAMBIYA, 19TH CENTURY with curved double-edged blade, the forte with central incised decoration, waisted wooden hilt set with silver fili...

FOUR CAUCASIAN KINDJALS, 19TH CENTURY the first with broad double-edged blade cut with three converging fullers along both sides, the forte on one...

TWO CAUCASIAN QAMAS, 19TH CENTURY the first with slender blade (some pitting) fullered along the back on each side and double-edged at the slightl...

SEVEN VARIOUS EDGED WEAPONS, MOSTLY NORTH AFRICAN, 19TH CENTURY comprising two jambiyas of characteristic form, each with curved blade, and wooden...

A LARGE HIMALAYAN HORN FLASK, 19TH CENTURY, PROBABLY TIBET with flattened inner face and a series of slender ribs over the outer, chased copper a...

AN INDIAN LACQUERED COMPOSITE BOW, 18TH/19TH CENTURY, PROBABLY SIND recurved and of wood, horn and sinew, retaining most of its painted polychrom...

AN INDIAN RECURVED BOW, 19TH CENTURY OR POSSIBLY EARLIER of characteristic form, entirely of dark horn sparsely incised with areas of circular dec...

FOUR INDIAN STEEL BOWS, PROBABLY 20TH CENTURY each with reflexed steel limbs, three with wood and bone grips, one of steel, two bows with fullers ...

AN INDIAN STEEL BOW, 18TH/19TH CENTURY the short bow with reflexed design and welded steel nocks and grip riser, highly ornate, with visible patte...

A LARGE SOUTH INDIAN DUMBBELL, 19TH CENTURY of wood and of characteristic tapering circular section recessed for the hand at the top and with fla...

A SMALL INDIAN BRONZE CANNON, 19TH CENTURY OR LATER of two-stage form cast with a stylised monster-head muzzle and tiger-head cascabel, rounded me...

A LARGE INDIAN DECORATIVE HORN, AND A CAUCASIAN CEREMONIAL DRINKING HORN, BOTH 20TH CENTURY the first formed from a section of buffalo horn bound ...

A LARGE PAIR OF INDIAN TONGS, 19TH CENTURY of iron, with chiselled and incised decoration including a stylised monster head towards the top on eac...

A RARE SOUTH INDIAN COPPER ALLOY CEREMONIAL FOOT BAND FOR AN ELEPHANT, 17TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY KERALA formed of three broad curved panels, with ang...

A SOUTH INDIAN BALL-SHAPED FLASK, LATE 18TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY MYSORE, KARNATAKA formed in two hemi-spherical halves joined by a slender rib accom...

TWO NORTH INDIAN IRON BELT BUCKLES, 19TH CENTURY the first rectangular, pierced with a pair of panels, decorated over its outer surface with gold...

NINE VARIOUS EASTERN ARCHER’S RINGS, 17TH CENTURY AND LATER comprising four of bronze and of characteristic form, two in excavated condition, pro...

AN UNUSUAL INDIAN MAIL AND PLATE SHIRT, 19TH CENTURY, PROBABLY SIND of riveted and flattened copper alloy rings (some replacements) over the chest...