A pair of gold damascened iron trisulas
A pair of gold damascened iron trisulas

TIBET, 19TH CENTURY

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A pair of gold damascened iron trisulas
Tibet, 19th century
The first with a skull and two heads stacked on the handle, the central prong terminating in ornate flame scrollwork; the second with a skull at the base of the three prongs
15¾ in. (39.9 cm.), the higher (2)
Provenance
Private collection, Europe, acquired from Butterfield & Butterfield, San Francisco, the first on 9 June 1988, lot 99, and the second on 15 March 1988, lot 178

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