A Tibetan iron ritual staff (khatvanga), inlaid with gold and silver - image-1

Lot 567 Dα

A Tibetan iron ritual staff (khatvanga), inlaid with gold and silver

Auction 1136 - overview Cologne
08.06.2019, 11:30 - India/South East Asia, Tibet/Nepal
Estimate: 6.000 € - 8.000 €
Result: 22.320 € (incl. premium)

A Tibetan iron ritual staff (khatvanga), inlaid with gold and silver

The iron handle is decorated with inlaid scrolls of gilt and silver wire, the finial of the staff consists of a double-vajra, an overflowing vase set beneath two human heads and a skull, and toped by a half-vajra.
Length 42.5 cm

銅鍍金杖
來源:德國私人舊藏
可比:大都會藝術博物館,紐約,庫存號:2015.500.6.28

Literature

Compare a very similar ritual staff in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, nventory no.: 2015.500.6.28