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VARIOUS PROPERTIES
A Bronze Phurbu
TIBET, 16TH/17TH CENTURY
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A Bronze Phurbu
Tibet, 16th/17th Century
The tripartite blade emerging from the lion skin dhoti of Mahakala, his arms outstretched wearing animal skins and a garland of severed heads, his face with a ferocious expression and surmounted by a skull tiara and flaming hair, the hair with red pigment
6¾ in. (17 cm.) long
Tibet, 16th/17th Century
The tripartite blade emerging from the lion skin dhoti of Mahakala, his arms outstretched wearing animal skins and a garland of severed heads, his face with a ferocious expression and surmounted by a skull tiara and flaming hair, the hair with red pigment
6¾ in. (17 cm.) long