A VERY RARE POLYCHROMED AND GILT-EBONY THREE-FACED PHURBA TIBET OR CHINA, 14TH CENTURY OR LATER The three polychrome heruka faces at the finial surmounted by a single chignon above stylized endless knots and lotus petals and three polychrome makara heads aligned with each of the peg’s three sharp edges, with serpents intertwined on the blades 16 ½ in. (42 cm.) high, triangular ebony base Provenance Rossi & Rossi, New York, 1999. The Irving Collection, no. 3869.
A VERY RARE POLYCHROMED AND GILT-EBONY THREE-FACED PHURBA TIBET OR CHINA, 14TH CENTURY OR LATER The three polychrome heruka faces at the finial surmounted by a single chignon above stylized endless knots and lotus petals and three polychrome makara heads aligned with each of the peg’s three sharp edges, with serpents intertwined on the blades 16 ½ in. (42 cm.) high, triangular ebony base Provenance Rossi & Rossi, New York, 1999. The Irving Collection, no. 3869.
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