Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria

TWO DISPLAYS OF STONE ARROWHEADS one display of arrowheads stated to be from Dagenham, Essex, with twenty-three probably Neolithic arrowheads (dis...

FIVE JAPANESE BOWS, THREE SHOOTING GLOVES (YUGAKE), TWO BOW BAGS AND A QUANTITY OF BOW STRINGS (TSURU), EDO PERIOD AND LATERthe first possibly ea...

FIVE 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...

FIVE JAPANESE BOWS AND A BOW BAG, EDO PERIOD AND LATER the first and second a pair of possibly Edo Period bows, each lacquered black with brown ra...

A JAPANESE BOW AND A QUIVER (SHIKO) OF ELEVEN ARROWS the bow painted black with red rattan bindings, a leather grip and a hemp bowstring (tsuru); ...

FOUR UNSIGNED JAPANESE BOWS, 19TH/20TH CENTURY the first 19th century, with a substantial body and dark brown rattan bindings (visible delaminatio...

THREE JAPANESE BOWS OF MIYAKONOJO STYLE, 20TH CENTURY the first signed 'Mitsuhide Kubota', with plain rattan bindings and a leather-covered grip; ...

THREE SIGNED JAPANESE BOWS, 20TH CENTURY the first bow signed 'Katsumi Matsunaga' with a blue label 'Miyata' beneath the grip and with accompanyi...

THREE CONTEMPORARY JAPANESE BOWS the first made by the Sagara Bow and Arrow Company in Chikugo City, Fukuoka Prefecture, constructed of fibreglass...

A JAPANESE BOW AND ARROW STAND, AND THIRTEEN ARROWS with a large rectangular box quiver, lacquered black with dark brown bands and a ferrous band ...

A JAPANESE PALANQUIN BOW (RIMANKYUU) AND TWO RACKS OF SMALL ARROWS, EDO PERIOD ◉ the bow with reflexed design made of whalebone, the back and bell...

A JAPANESE PALANQUIN BOW (RIMANKYUU), A BOW STAND, AND TWO ARROWS, EDO PERIOD AND LATER ◉ the bow with engraved floral designs on the whalebone l...

A SMALL JAPANESE BOW AND QUIVER (SHIKO) WITH ARROWS, EDO PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY the bow styled after the traditional Japanese bow (wakyuu), asymmetr...

EIGHT TUBULAR QUIVERS INCLUDING JAPANESE ARROWS (YA), 19TH/20TH CENTURY the first with six arrows with target point arrowheads, brown and white fl...

THREE JAPANESE QUIVERS (UTSUBO) WITH ARROWS, EDO PERIOD the first with eight arrows with various styles of narrow arrowheads (togari-ya), black fl...

A JAPANESE CASED INDOOR ARCHERY SET IN A SMALL CHEST OF SIX DRAWERS, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY including a drawer with two boxes of eight fine ...

A JAPANESE CASED INDOOR ARCHERY SET AND FURTHER ARROWS with six arrows (ya), the flights (hane) white with blue cock feather, the points blunt, in...

A DISPLAY OF CEREMONIAL JAPANESE ARROWHEADS (YANONE), TWO SHOOTING GLOVES (YUGAKE) AND TWO BOXES OF SPARE BOWSTRINGS (TSURU) AND OTHER SPARESthe ...

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 ...

THREE CHINESE COMPOSITE BOWS, QING DYNASTY, 19TH/20TH CENTURY the first with reflexed limbs faced with horn on the belly, the back covered in snak...

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...

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 STRENGTH-TESTING COMPOSITE BOW, QING DYNASTY, 19TH/20TH CENTURY of robust construction, with reflexed limbs and a laminated horn belly o...

THREE KOREAN BOWS (GAKGUNG), 20TH CENTURY the first with highly reflexed limbs backed with sinew covered in birch bark, with a horn covered belly,...

A THAI PELLET BOW AND FIVE FURTHER SOUTH EAST ASIAN BOWS, 19TH/20TH CENTURY consisting of one fine Thai pellet bow with ornate decorated nocks and...

SEVEN THAI PELLET BOWS, 19TH/20TH CENTURY ◉ the first constructed of bamboo, with D-shaped profile and symmetrical nodes located near the ears of...

A PAIR OF JAVANESE TARGET BOWS, 19TH/20TH CENTURY the first with reflexed limbs made of horn running the full length of the bow (some cracks near ...

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...

AN INDIAN STEEL BOW, 18TH/19TH CENTURY with lightly reflexed limbs, floral patterns along the belly, a large symmetrical steel handle, and pointed...

SEVEN INDO-PERSIAN PAINTED SELF BOWS, 19TH CENTURY each painted with intricate red, black and gold designs, of circular profile with narrowing noc...

THREE INDO-PERSIAN BOWS, 19TH CENTURY the first with C-shaped reflexed limbs faced with floral painted horn on the belly, the back also covered in...

THREE INDO-PERSIAN BOWS, 19TH CENTURY the first with c- shaped reflexed limbs faced with a painted green belly, the back also painted green with r...

FOUR INDO-PERSIAN CRAB BOWS, 19TH CENTURY the first with extremely reflexed limbs faced with a decorated gold belly, the back also painted with go...

FOUR INDO-PERSIAN BOWS, 19TH CENTURY the first with extremely reflexed red limbs, with painted floral designs; the second larger, with original da...

TWELVE RARE INDIAN STEEL ARROWS, 17TH/19TH CENTURY Of varying lengths, five with leaf-shaped arrowheads, two arrowheads with flared base, two with...

SIX INDIAN ARROWS WITH LARGE ARROWHEADS, 18TH/19TH CENTURY consisting of two crescent-shaped arrowheads on bamboo shafts, two dagger-shaped arrowh...

A RARE INUIT CABLE-BACKED BOW, 19TH CENTURY ◉ with rectangular profile, reflexed limbs consisting of spliced whalebone joined at the grip and ears...

TWO GLAZED DISPLAYS OF INUIT ARROWS ◉ the first frame with seven arrows, made from cane with bone points including one serrated arrowhead, bound o...

AN UNUSUALLY LARGE ASYMMETRICAL SELF BOW, POSSIBLY FROM THE PACIFIC ISLANDS of robust construction, circular in profile and made of thick wood, wi...

FOUR BOWS FROM PAPUA NEW GUINEA, 19TH/20TH CENTURY the first reputedly from Arawa and likely first half of 20th century, made of black palmwood an...

SIXTEEN SELF BOWS, VARIOUS LOCATIONS 19TH/20TH CENTURY comprised of two paddle bows, with wide limbs narrowing to long pointed nocks with shallow...

A LARGE QUANTITY OF ARROWS AND HARPOONS, 19TH CENTURY with a large number of arrows from various cultures, including several long harpoons with wo...

ELEVEN VARIOUS QUIVERS, 19TH/20TH CENTURY the first a contemporary bow quiver in Mongolian style, with embossed floral designs on a dotted backgro...

FOUR CONTEMPORARY COMPOSITE BOWS BY CSABA GRÓZER AND A FURTHER CONTEMPORARY BOW the first a fine composite bow with accompanying bowstring, the be...

A RARE SOUTH INDIAN PATALLAH, THE HILT 17TH CENTURY, PROBABLY FOR ROYAL USE with broad double-edged blade swelling to a 'Cobra's head' tip, chise...

AN INDIAN SWORD (TALWAR), 17TH CENTURY with curved single-edged blade, finely formed iron hilt comprising a pair of langets with pierced flaring ...

A RARE SOUTH INDIAN SWORD, 17TH CENTURY, PROBABLY TAMIL NADU with broad double-edged blade of flattened-diamond section, iron hilt comprising a p...

A SOUTH INDIAN SWORD, 17TH CENTURY, PROBABLY BIJAPUR, KARNATAKA with broad tapering fullered blade double-edged towards the point, engraved with ...

A RARE SOUTH INDIAN PATA, PROBABLY MADURAI, TAMIL NADU 17TH CENTURY with associated broad double-edged blade, iron hilt formed as a parrot with l...

A RARE SOUTH INDIAN SWORD, 17TH/18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY MADURAI, TAMIL NADU with tapering blade of flattened-diamond section, iron hilt extending ...

A SOUTH INDIAN RAPIER WITH AGATE HILT, 17TH/18TH CENTURY with tapering slender European blade stamped ‘IHN Solingen’ within a short fuller on eac...

AN INDIAN SWORD (TALWAR), 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY with curved single-edged blade, russet iron hilt decorated with gold damascened flowers and fru...

A FINE INDIAN SWORD WITH KHYBER STYLE BLADE AND SILVER TALWAR HILT, 19TH CENTURY PROBABLY SHAHPURA, RAJASTHANwith single-edged blade formed with ...

A SOUTH INDIAN DAGGER (CHILANUM), 15TH/16TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY MADRAS with curved double-edged stout blade formed with a series of long deep fulle...

A SOUTH INDIAN DAGGER (CHILANUM), 16TH/17TH CENTURY with curved double-edged blade formed with a reinforced tip and a low medial ridge on each fa...

AN INDIAN DAGGER (KATAR), 17TH CENTURY with sharply tapering blade formed with a reinforced point and a pair of sharply tapering fullers divided ...

AN INDIAN DAGGER (KATAR), LATE 18TH CENTURY with sharply tapering double-edged blade formed with a medial ridge and a reinforced point, H-shaped ...

A SOUTH INDIAN HATCHET (KATHIR ARUVAL), 17TH CENTURY with robust hatchet blade inlaid with an engraved copper alloy panel along the back edge fra...

AN INDIAN DOUBLE DAGGER (BIDCHIR), 18TH CENTURY formed of a pair of robust spirally-moulded iron prongs, each issuant from a chiselled and engrav...