Lot 110
18TH/19TH CENTURY
The black wooden phurba (kila) with a three-faced finial and entwined serpents on the blade's three surfaces. Together with two carved Tamang shaman's phurba-form drum handles.
THE VIRTUE COLLECTION
The Tibetan phurba 26cm long, the larger drum handle 43cm long and the smaller 33.4cm long.
Estimate $250 - $350
The two drum handles purchased in Kathmandu in 1973, the phurba purchased in Kathmandu in 1979.
The Asian Art Edit
AUCTION
Sale: LJ8281
6:30pm - 12 December 2018
333 Malvern Rd, South Yarra 3141
VIEWING
Wednesday 5 December, 9am-8pm
Wednesday 12 December, 9am-4pm
CONTACT
Chiara Curcio
asianart@leonardjoel.com.au
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