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TIBET, 15TH CENTURY
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A bronze ritual dagger, phurbu
Tibet, 15th Century
The tripartite iron blade issuing from the jaws of a makara, the handle formed by a four-pronged vajra and rising to a three-headed Dharmapala terminal with ferocious expressions framed by floret and skull tiaras
10 in. (26.8 cm.) high
Tibet, 15th Century
The tripartite iron blade issuing from the jaws of a makara, the handle formed by a four-pronged vajra and rising to a three-headed Dharmapala terminal with ferocious expressions framed by floret and skull tiaras
10 in. (26.8 cm.) high