Asian Art I - 17th November 2015
Lot 22
A TIBETAN RITUAL GHANTA AND VAJRA SET 17TH/18TH CENTURY The bell with a gilt handle cast with a...
Estimate £3,000 - £5,000
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Description
A TIBETAN RITUAL GHANTA AND VAJRA SET
17TH/18TH CENTURY
The bell with a gilt handle cast with a head wearing an eight-petalled crown, surmounted by a four-pronged vajra finial, the eight-pronged vajra with a central girdle and eight petals radiating to each end, together with a fitted case, 18.5cm. (3)
Cf. Christie's, 27th March 2003, lot 138, for a 16th century example; see also Sotheby's, 20th March 2013, lot 258 for another.