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A Scorpion-Form Iron Ritual Implement Tibet
TIBET, 18TH CENTURY
Details
A Scorpion-Form Iron Ritual Implement Tibet
Tibet, 18th Century
The tongs shaped with a scorpion-form head and pincers, the handles damascened in silver and gold and bearing a cartouche
11 7/8 in. (30 cm.) long
Tibet, 18th Century
The tongs shaped with a scorpion-form head and pincers, the handles damascened in silver and gold and bearing a cartouche
11 7/8 in. (30 cm.) long
Literature
Exhibition catalogue, Rituels tibétains: Visions secrètes du Ve Dalaï Lama, Paris, Musée national des Arts asiatiques-Guimet, 2002, p. 162, cat. no. 134.
Exhibited
Paris, Musée national des Arts asiatiques-Guimet, Rituels tibétains: Visions secrètes du Ve Dalaï Lama, cat. no. 134, November 2002-February 2003.