Arms & Armor Through the Ages

Group of 3 Canaanite Bronze Duckbill Axe Heads

1960s West German Border Wall Metal Mine Warning Sign

Chinese Ming / Qing Dynasty Iron Three Barrel Cannon

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Arms & Armor Through the Ages

Artemis Gallery

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All's fair in love and war - and especially fair is our pricing! Join us for a specialty auction featuring axes, mace heads, swords, spears, various types of armor, and more! Many different cultures of all price ranges. Great for first-time buyers, seasoned collectors, and dealers alike. Of particular interest is a 1960's West German border wall metal mine warning sign, a 350 year old Chinese three barrel cannon, a Mexican painted wood military trunk, and an Indian steel bagh nakh. All legally acquired, legal to sell. Convenient in-house shipping!

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Italic Etruscan / Samnite Bronze Warrior's Belt: Italy, Etruria, Italic/Samnite, ca. 4th century BCE. Made of hammered sheet, this is a wide bronze belt perforated along its top and bottom edges for attaching leather or cloth lining. At its clasp

0001: Italic Etruscan / Samnite Bronze Warrior's BeltEst. $3,500-$4,500

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Italic Bronze Helmet w/ River Patina - Negau Type: Italic, late Archaic or Classical, ca. 500 to 400 BCE. A bronze helmet with twin attachments for feathers - a variant of the Negau type, a regional Italian style with a characteristically conical

0001A: Italic Bronze Helmet w/ River Patina - Negau TypeEst. $28,000-$40,000Lot Passed

Canaanite Copper Axe / Mace Head - Zoomorph Form: Ancient Near East, the Levant, Canaanite, Middle Bronze Age, ca. 2000 to 1800 BCE. A distinctive cast copper axe head with an abstract zoomorphic form. The butt end of the blade looks like a

0002: Canaanite Copper Axe / Mace Head - Zoomorph FormEst. $1,000-$1,500Lot Passed

Group of 3 Canaanite Bronze Duckbill Axe Heads: Ancient Near East, Canaan, the Levant, Middle Bronze Age, ca. 1950 to 1539 BCE. A trio of iconic Holy Land artifacts, three finely shaped, bronze flat axe heads with the "duckbill" form - two ovoid

0003: Group of 3 Canaanite Bronze Duckbill Axe HeadsEst. $1,800-$2,500Lot Passed

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Rare / Long Luristan Iron Short Sword: Ancient Near East, northwestern Iran, Luristan, ca. 1100 BCE. A long iron sword with a nearly-flat triangular blade topped with an elaborate handle - a thick guard and flat hilt with what are perhaps

0004: Rare / Long Luristan Iron Short SwordEst. $1,500-$2,000

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Lethal Luristan Bronze Axe head: Ancient Near East, northwestern Iran, Luristan, ca. 1200 to 800 BCE. A beautiful cast-bronze axe head with a lengthy triangular blade, a narrow shoulder, a cylindrical socketing shaft with four

0005: Lethal Luristan Bronze Axe headEst. $1,000-$1,500

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Luristan Copper Cylindrical Mace Head: Ancient Near East, northwestern Iran, Luristan, ca. 1000 to 600 BCE. A cast-copper cylindrical mace head made to be hafted atop the end of a wooden or metal staff. The body has repeating columns of

0006: Luristan Copper Cylindrical Mace HeadEst. $1,200-$1,800Lot Passed

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Anatolian Urartu Bronze Belt - Chariots (complete): Caucasus region, modern day eastern Turkey (Anatolia) / Armenia, Urartu culture, ca. 9th to 7th century BCE. It is incredibly rare to find a complete Urartian belt. This example, made from hammered

0007: Anatolian Urartu Bronze Belt - Chariots (complete)Est. $4,000-$5,000

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0008: Sizeable Luristan Bronze Spear BladeEst. $900-$1,500Lot Passed

12th C. Byzantine Iron Paramerion / Sword: Near East / Holy Land, Byzantine Empire, ca. 12th to 13th century CE. A well preserved iron sword of the form known as paramerion, this example with the gentlest of curves to the blade - artwork of

0008A: 12th C. Byzantine Iron Paramerion / SwordEst. $1,800-$2,500Lot Passed

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19th c. Persian Powder Horn w/ Embossed Nickel Silver: Near East, Persia, ca. 19th century CE. An antique Persian powder horn made from an impressively large bull horn and elaborately decorated with an openwork/embossed nickel silver terminal at the

0009A: 19th c. Persian Powder Horn w/ Embossed Nickel SilverEst. $400-$600

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Rare Scythian Iron Acinaces Sword: Central Asia, Scytho-Siberian, ca. 5th century BCE. A gorgeous, rare, iron dagger in incredible condition for its age, with a long, thin blade and a guard shaped like two cherries hanging on a vine,

0010: Rare Scythian Iron Acinaces SwordEst. $800-$1,200

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Rare Scythian Iron Akinakes Sword: Western Asia and Siberia, Scythian culture, ca. 6th to 4th century BCE. A lengthy forged-iron sword called an akinakes (or acinaces) with a sturdy handle, a T-bar pommel, and a lobate hand guard with

0011: Rare Scythian Iron Akinakes SwordEst. $1,200-$1,800

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18th C. Indo-Persian Steel Round Mace: Central Asia, Indo-Persian, ca. 18th century CE. An original, rare round mace featuring an ornate handle similar in style to Indo-Persian swords, a long, columnar shaft, and a ring-like mace end, all

0013: 18th C. Indo-Persian Steel Round MaceEst. $1,200-$1,800

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18th C. Indian Steel Katar w/ Scissor Blades: Central Asia, India, ca. 18th to early 19th century CE. A forged-steel katar (also katara or bundi dagger) with an H-shaped horizontal hand grip and a chevron-shaped shoulder. The large blade is

0014: 18th C. Indian Steel Katar w/ Scissor BladesEst. $600-$900

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19th C. Indo Persian Steel Trident Lance w/ Wood Shaft: Central Asia, Pakistan and northern India, Indo-Persian culture, ca. 19th century CE. A fine example of a forged-steel lance with a wooden shaft inserted into the conical socketing shaft, a dense

0014A: 19th C. Indo Persian Steel Trident Lance w/ Wood ShaftEst. $900-$1,400Lot Passed

19th C. Indian Naga Steel, Wood & Rattan Headhunter Dao: Central Asia, India, Assam, Naga Hills, Naga culture, ca. 19th century CE. A fine Naga headhunter's sword known as a dao with a stocky wooden handle tightly wrapped with braided rattan fibers for

0014B: 19th C. Indian Naga Steel, Wood & Rattan Headhunter DaoEst. $600-$900Lot Passed

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19th C. Indian Steel Bagh Nakh: Central Asia, India, ca. 19th century CE. A wonderful example of a steel punching and clawing weapon known as a bagh nakh (or vagh nakhya, literally "tiger claws" in Hindi) with a rectangular grip

0015: 19th C. Indian Steel Bagh NakhEst. $400-$600

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Mid-19th C. Indian Steel Bullova Battle Axe w/ Handle: Central Asia, India, ca. second half of the 19th century CE. A forged-steel axe head of an elegant design known as a bullova with a wooden handle. The axe head has a mustache-style axe head with

0016: Mid-19th C. Indian Steel Bullova Battle Axe w/ HandleEst. $300-$450

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Mid-19th C. Indian Blackbuck Horn & Steel Maduvu: Central Asia, India, ca. mid to late 19th century CE. An intriguing example of a double-ended defensive weapon with a central parrying shield known as maduvu (also maru, madu, or maan kombu). The

0017: Mid-19th C. Indian Blackbuck Horn & Steel MaduvuEst. $1,100-$1,600Lot Passed

19th C. Indian Blackbuck Horn & Steel Maduvu Weapon: Central Asia, India, ca. mid to late 19th century CE. A wondrous example of a double-ended defensive weapon known as a maduvu (also maru, madu, or maan kombu). The weapon is comprised of a pair of

0018: 19th C. Indian Blackbuck Horn & Steel Maduvu WeaponEst. $900-$1,400Lot Passed

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19th C. Naga Wood Helmet with Woven Fiber Crown: Central Asia, Himalaya Burma Border to India, Naga, ca. 19th century CE. An antique helmet with a rattan basket-weave form and a wonderful wooden lattice arching over it. The Naga people are a

0019: 19th C. Naga Wood Helmet with Woven Fiber CrownEst. $800-$1,200

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Early 20th C. Naga Bamboo & Rattan Arrows & Quiver: Central Asia, northeastern India/Burma, Naga people, ca. early to mid 20th century CE. A dramatic bamboo quiver decorated with woven rattan on one side and a woven fiber rope that serves as a strap.

0019A: Early 20th C. Naga Bamboo & Rattan Arrows & QuiverEst. $400-$600Lot Passed

20th C. Tibetan Iron Kartika Knife w/ Bronze Dorje: Central Asia, Tibet, ca. early 20th century CE. An iron kartika knife with a bronze dorje as its handle. The dorje is a ritual object associated with the concept of Enlightenment in Tibetan Buddhism,

0020: 20th C. Tibetan Iron Kartika Knife w/ Bronze DorjeEst. $400-$600Lot Passed

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