Lot 518
A COPPER RITUAL DAGGER, PHURBU
Estimated Value:
2.000 € - 3.000 €
Result:
incl. Premium and VAT
Description:
Tibet, ca. 13th/ 14th cent.L. 20,8 cm
The central grip shaped as a vajra flanked to both sides by the endless-knot emblem, topped with a ferocious demon head displaying bulging eyes below arched eyebrows, his hair combed in a chignon secured with a tiara decorated with skulls, the lower section with makara-head issuing the tapering dagger.
Old German private collection - Minor traces of age


