A fine Tibetan or Mongolian 19th century silver and metal Phurba (ritual dagger), the hilt decorated with four Vajrakila wrathful bone masks each embellished with turquoise, the handle inlaid with turquoise, coral and a lapis lazuli. The tapering…
Tibetan silver brass and metal Phurba, with integral chopping knife, the finial cast in the form of a dorje, 22 cm length, Provenance: Geoffrey key collection, London
Tibetan brass and copper phurba, with integral dorje and chopping knife, the final with three mask mounts surmounted by a horse head, 30 cm length, Provenance: Geoffrey Key Collection, London
A Tibetan 18th century silver and metal Phurba (ritual dagger), the large tapering triangulated blade issues from the mouth of a mythical makara. The makara surmounted by a dragon cast in high relief beneath three mask deity mounts and a horse head…
A Tibetan 18th century brass and metal Phurba (ritual dagger), the triangulated blade issues from the mouth of a mythical makara, the handle cast as a dorje surmounted by deity and Garuda masks with a horse head final in high relief emblematic of the…
A Tibetan iron and copper alloy Phurba, 14th-17th century, decorated to the top with the three crowned heads of the deity Vajrakila, the triple-edged blade emanating from a makara's mouth. Together with a black metal stand, the phurba 26 cm high, 4 cm…
Two ritual Tibetan Phurba daggers, one carved painted wood and the other of a bronze alloy, Tibet/Nepal, 19th/20th century, used in tantric Buddhism. Provenance: An old South African collection, length 23 cm
A rare Tibetan parcel- gilt silver-inlaid wrought- iron Phurba, circa 16th century, the central Vajra with slightly moveable prongs, the top with a gilt three-headed wrathful deity crowned with skulls, the blade with a three dimensional gilt Makara and…
A late 19th / early 20th century Tibetan priest's bronze tantric ritual phurba (dagger) of triangular form with mask handle. Length 25 cm. Provenance: E.A. Stanton estate
A finely detailed silver & brass phurba, partly gilded, modelled as Mahakala holding dorje in one hand, lower end a Yali face with snake horns, 13 cm high
A large and rare parcel-gilt meteorite iron Tibetan phurba, probably 16th/17th century, very well handwrought, with articulated prongs on the vajra and with silver inlay, the top with a three-headed wrathful deity, a three-dimensional Makara on the blade.…