Lot 470 Nα

A Tibetan bronze and iron ritual dagger. 17th/18th century

A Tibetan bronze and iron ritual dagger, tib. phurbu, the tripartite blade issuing from a makara head and from the waist of Vajrakila, with three heads and six arms, holding in his main hands a phurbu, and various implements in the other hands, one missing. Cast in two parts. 17th/18th century.
Length 23.5 cm