130 - NEPAL

NEPAL A set of six wooden phurbu; the tips of five are encircled by faces, and one depicts figures in prayer standing back-to-back; the shafts are carved with vajra motifs, interlaced knots, the blades decorated with herringbone patterns, spirals, and intertwined nagas. One has a triple blade adorned at each corner with the snout of an animal curling its lips upward. H. 21.5 to 29 cm. Two are mounted on bases.