About this lot

Estimated Value: $200 – $400

Origin: Tibet

Medium: God Toned coating over bronze

Dimension: 3.75×3.5×12.5 in.

Condition: Light wear along the edges

Description: Two bronze Tibetan Buddhist vajra pestle’s. These are ritual daggers used in Tibetan Buddhism that represent the power and indestructibility of enlightenment. Their ritual use is used to cut through ignorance and attachment. The larger dagger comes with a triangular base and has swirling motifs throughout, three faces and zoomorphic faces and figures on the sides and top as well. Also includes a smaller dagger with a male face with its tongue out on the top, with a crown a skulls.

Lot details

Lot
71
Closed
July 18, 2025

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