101 - NEPAL

NEPAL Set of four wooden phurbu: - one carved with faces at the top, the handle featuring a vajra motif, and the blade topped with anthropomorphic faces at the corners and carved with intertwined nagas. H. 18 cm. On a base. - One carved with faces at the top, the handle featuring a vajra motif, and the blades carved with interlacing patterns ending in trishuls. H. 25 cm. On a pedestal. - One carved at the top with faces crowned by a half-vajra; the blades are carved with intertwined nagas. H. 27 cm. Ribbons. On a pedestal. - The last one is carved at the top with faces crowned by a half-vajra; the blades, surmounted by three faces, are carved with interlacing patterns supporting ritual objects (a pitcher) against a background of latticework and a trident (trishul) standing out against celestial bodies. H. 23 cm. Ribbons. Mounted on a base.