A Tibetan bronze vajra and mixed metal ghanta - image-1

Lot 574 Dα

A Tibetan bronze vajra and mixed metal ghanta

Auction 1136 - overview Cologne
08.06.2019, 11:30 - India/South East Asia, Tibet/Nepal
Estimate: 500 € - 600 €
Result: 620 € (incl. premium)

A Tibetan bronze vajra and mixed metal ghanta

a) The five-pronged vajra with lotus friezes centered by a rounded knob. b) The bell cast in relief with a vajra frieze and a banner of ferocious masks spewing pendent jewels, surmounted by a handle topped by a half-vajra finial. In addition: A fragment of a Nepalese bronze figure of a six-armed deity in front of an aureole. (3)
a) Length 11.6 cm; b) height 17 cm

Provenance

Dr. W. D. Franz (1915-2005), North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany