- MINIATURE IVORY PLAQUE Neo-Classical
18th c. Continental, probably from a small box lid, depicting Hephaestus and Aphrodite, she descending from the heavens amid cherubim; he, the God of Fire and Iron, reclining...
[more like this] - A RARE JAPANESE THREE-PART CHOBA DANSU
MERCHANT'S CHEST Edo period (1615-1868), paulownia (kiri) wood with finish, fitted with hand forged iron handles and circular lock plates, the top chest with long open cabinet...
[more like this] - KANBUN ERA YUKIHIRO SAMURAI SWORD W/
AUTHENTICATIONJapanese Kanbun-Shinto period (1658 -1683) samurai sword made by 1st generation Yukihiro in the Hizen province. Iron Maru Gata tsuba with engraved landscape...
[more like this] - 20TH C. INDONESIAN WOOD, IRON, COPPER
& SILVER KRISSoutheast Asia, Indonesia, ca. mid-20th century CE. A beautiful example of a kris (keris), a personal ceremonial sword. The hand-carved wooden handle features...
[more like this] - ROMAN IRON SPATHA W/ BRONZE POMMEL,
IVORY HANDLERoman, Imperial Period, ca. 2nd to 4th century CE. A beautiful forged iron spatha of a bifacial design bearing a shallow midrib, extremely sharp edges, and a pointed...
[more like this] - SIGNED 1650S JAPANESE EDO WAKIZASHI
BY BISHU OSAFUNEEast Asia, Japan, early Edo Period, ca. mid-17th century, signed "Bishu Osafune" on tang. A forged steel wakizashi blade of elegant shinogi-zukuri form bearing...
[more like this] - 19TH C. INDONESIAN KRIS W/ REPOUSSE
SILVER SHEATHSoutheast Asia, Indonesia, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A personal ceremonial sword known as a kris (also keris) with a hand-carved dugong ivory handle...
[more like this] - INCREDIBLY RARE GREEK HELLENISTIC IRON
SHORT SWORDAncient Greece, Hellenistic Period, ca. 3rd to 1st century BCE. An incredibly rare forged-iron short sword with a slender handle and a bar-shaped pommel. The elongated...
[more like this] - GROUP (5) ASHANTI CEREMONIAL SWORDS
Ghana, forged iron blade with pierced and etched decoration, each with similar carved wood grip incised with geometric designs, each approx. 25"l...
[more like this] - GROUP (7) AFRICAN FORGED IRON SWORDS
Cameroon and DR Congo, incl. Fali, Zande, and Kirdi, 23.5"h (largest), 14"h (smallest)...
[more like this] - TUAREG PEOPLES, (3) SWORDS IN LEATHER
SCABBARDS Sahara Region, forged iron, leather, woven rattan, one blade with geometric etched design, all scabbards with either polychrome or tooled decoration, two with leather...
[more like this] - EDO (BENIN) PEOPLES, (2) CEREMONIAL
SWORDS, EBEN Nigeria, forged iron and copper alloy, wrought iron ring handle, one with bone cuff, both ceremonial swords pierced with geometric designs, for use in the ugie-erha-oba...
[more like this] - NGOMBE PEOPLES, (3) MOPAMBA CEREMONIAL
BLADES DR Congo, with original fetish bundles (for power). forged iron, brass, rattan wrap, stitched leather, the short sword blades etched with geometric bands, each approx....
[more like this] - EDO PEOPLES, CEREMONIAL SWORD, EBEN
Nigeria, forged iron blade, wrought iron ring handle, bone cuff, stitched leather, the ceremonial sword is pierced with geometric designs, for use in the Ugie-erha-oba festival,...
[more like this] - ANTIQUE FINGER GRIP SHORT SWORDColonial
short sword, 19th c., forged iron 19" blade, the ricasso stamp appearing as "KVN," the guard with finger grip, handle with brass and copper wire wound grip, overall: approx...
[more like this] - AFRICAN FORGED IRON THROWING SWORD Late
19th century, with wound copper wire handle grip and wood pommel, 19 in. L....
[more like this] - JAPANESE WWII PERIOD SHIN GUNTO KATANA
SWORD Japanese World War II period Shin Gunto katana sword, type 95, the forged steel blade struck serial number "134499" and signed, the brown-painted faux shagreen and cloth...
[more like this] - AFRICAN WEAPONRY; 2 LARGE FORGED IRON
CURVED DAGGER SWORD BLADES WITH EBONY HANDLES 22 1/2"H X 5"W (LARGER)African Weaponry; 2 Large forged iron curved dagger sword blades with ebony handles, Provenance: from...
[more like this] - RARE ELIZABETHAN CARVED OAK SWORD CHEST
English Low Long Six-Plank Coffer of Sturdy Construction, in remnants of old red paint, having a hex carved front, forged iron corner straps, lock removed leaving original...
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