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A FINELY CARVED TIBETAN IVORY DORJEVAJRA "THUNDERBOLT"
the delicate ritual implement finely carved with a bulbous centre grip flanked by a frieze of leafy flowers in openwork within beaded borders and eight prongs at each end joining at their tips around a central post, each prong issuing from lotus leaves above pierced beads, 12.5cm in length
Provenance: Private Collection, Melbourne
Reference: Please refer to Sotheby's Hong Kong, 1 April 2012, Lot 3003 for a very fine example from the 18th century
Sold for $4,000
Lot 130
the delicate ritual implement finely carved with a bulbous centre grip flanked by a frieze of leafy flowers in openwork within beaded borders and eight prongs at each end joining at their tips around a central post, each prong issuing from lotus leaves above pierced beads, 12.5cm in length
Provenance: Private Collection, Melbourne
Reference: Please refer to Sotheby's Hong Kong, 1 April 2012, Lot 3003 for a very fine example from the 18th century
Estimate $2,000 - $3,000
Asian Art, Classic Furniture & Objects
AUCTION
Sale: LJ8080
12:00pm - 25 October 2015
333 Malvern Rd, South Yarra 3141
VIEWING
21 October 9am-8pm
22-23 October 10am-4pm
24 October 10am-5pm
CONTACT
Chiara Curcio
chiara.curcio@leonardjoel.com.au
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