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Chinese Thumb Rings

Carved jade archer’s rings, one with jade case, 19th-20th c. The two green rings are jadeite, the others nephrite (courtesy Eldred’s Auction Gallery ) Qing dynasty ivory rings, one with silver liner (top row University of Missouri Anthropology Museum;...

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29 décembre 2008

A Bronze-Age Sword

A Bronze-Age Sword In excavated condition, with tapering blade formed with a rounded full-length ridge, and the hilt arched over the base of the blade. 22½in (57.2cm) blade . Estimate £300 - £500 ($458- $764) - Price Realized £875 ($1,362) Christie's....

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Tags: Sword, Bronze-Age

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29 décembre 2008

A Persian Steel Kard Decorated With Gold Koftgari. 18th century

A Persian Steel Kard Decorated With Gold Koftgari. 18th century With tapering single-edged blade of wootz steel retaining a pronounced watered pattern, the hilt of characteristic shape encrusted with gold flowers on both sides between gold beaded bands...

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Tags: 18th century, Persian, Kard, Koftgari

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29 décembre 2008

An Indian Khanjar With Pale Green Jade Hilt Inlaid With Hardstones. 19th century

An Indian Khanjar With Pale Green Jade Hilt Inlaid With Hardstones. 19th century With strongly curved double-edged blade of watered steel, and carved pale green jade hilt profusely decorated with inlaid sprays of coloured hardstone flowers and leaves....

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Tags: 19th century, jade, Indian, Khanjar

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29 décembre 2008

A Turkish Jambiya Set With Coral And Turquoise. 19th century

A Turkish Jambiya Set With Coral And Turquoise. 19th century With double-edged blade decorated with panels of gold koftgari foliage framing brief Arabic inscriptions on both sides, the hilt entirely encased in white metal, the inner face chased with flowers,...

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Tags: 19th century, turquoise, coral, Jambiya, Turkish

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29 décembre 2008

An Exceptional Mughul Indian Khanjar With Carved Pale Grey-Green Jade Hilt Inlaid With Gems In Gold Kundan Settings. 18th c.

An Exceptional Mughul Indian Khanjar With Carved Pale Grey-Green Jade Hilt Inlaid With Gems In Gold Kundan Settings. 18th century With finely watered blade tapering sharply to a curved narrow point, cut with a narrow central rib, both sides decorated...

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Tags: jade, 18th century, Khanjar, Mughul, Kundan

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29 décembre 2008

A Fine Mughul Indian Khanjar With Gam-Set Hilt of Pale Grey-Green Jade. Mid--18tth century

A Fine Mughul Indian Khanjar With Gam-Set Hilt of Pale Grey-Green Jade. Mid--18tth century With curved double-edged blade punched with Indian armoury markings, the hilt inlaid with gold sprays of budding leafy tendrils involving large expanded flowerheads,...

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Tags: jade, Khanjar, Mid--18tth century, Mughul

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19 décembre 2008

Un sabre d'apparat. Chine, dynastie Qing, XIXe siècle

Un sabre d'apparat. Chine, dynastie Qing, XIXe siècle probablement un sabre d'enfant, la lame droite avec des points de cuivre incrustés, la poignée en jade céladon clair sculpté en forme de pagode dans un style moghol, le fourreau laqué or avec des rinceaux...

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Tags: Chine, XIXe siècle, sabre, Dynastie Qing

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26 novembre 2008

An Indian Khanjar. 18th Century

An Indian Khanjar. 18th Century With finely watered slightly recurved double-edged blade with incised line borders and central fuller over each side, the forte chiselled with a flowering plant on both sides, hilt of pale green-grey mottled mutton-fat...

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Tags: Indian, Khanjar. 18th Century

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26 novembre 2008

A Fine Shibayama-Mounted Aikuchi. Edo Period

A Fine Shibayama-Mounted Aikuchi. Edo Period The hira-zukuri blade (details of nakago unavailable) with midare hamon (chipped, bent and with large hagire), the gold lacquered tsuka inlaid in horn, mother-of-pearl and coral with a basket of flowers and...

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Tags: Edo period, Aikuchi, Shibayama-Mounted

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