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A Copper and Iron Phurbu
TIBET, CIRCA 15TH CENTURY
细节
A Copper and Iron Phurbu
Tibet, circa 15th Century
The tripartite blade issuing from the jaws of a makara with a vajra grip fashioned in openwork revealing an armature and flanked by 'Endless knots' surmounted by the three-headed Hayagriva in ferocious expressions with a horse head appearing from the matted hairstyle topped by a half-vajra finial
14¾ in. (37 cm.) long
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This lot is offered subject to a reserve, which is the confidential minimum price below which the lot will not be sold.
拍品专文
As in lot 134, the nine prongs of the vajra handle denote that this phurbu was made for a Nyingma practitioner.