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A DAYAK HEADHUNTER MANDAU SWORD AND TATTOO CUP

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MEISSEN PORCELAIN CHOCOLATE SERVICE: blue crossed swords mark, comprising: a chocolate pot (7 inches high); a covered sugar (4 inches diameter); a creamer (5 inches high); six cups (2 1/2 inches high); and six saucers (5 inches diameter)

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Pair Famille Rose Millefleurs Cups: Chinese, Guangxu mark and period, each with gilt rim and body decorated with colorful flowers, unglazed foot, six-character Guangxu mark of the period in underglaze iron red, 2-1/2 in. good condition.

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Pair of Chinese Blue and White "Chicken" Cups: Each finely potted imitating the Chenghua prototype with gently rounded sides flaring slightly at the rim, the exterior delicately painted with a continuous frieze containing two pairs of cockerels ea

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A DAYAK HEADHUNTER MANDAU SWORD AND TATTOO CUP

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An above average example. The antler grip of fine and unusual form, well carved with aso motifs, with rattan wrapped grip. The well-wrought blade with stepped tip. In its well-carved scabbard with hornbill feather intact, together with a small vessel carved of antler and embellished with aso motifs and used to hold tattoo ink. First quarter of the 20th century. Minor wear and losses. Overall length 64.5cm. Condition III