A SILVER GEM-INLAID PHURBA
Lot 510

A SILVER GEM-INLAID PHURBA

NEPAL, EARLY 20TH CENTURY

Closed20 October 2023

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USD 3,528

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A SILVER GEM-INLAID PHURBA
NEPAL, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
The grip decorated with four large coral beads terminating into a triangular shaped lapis lazuli point, the top section with broad rim set with nine lapis lazuli beads surmounted by two heads of animals and a wrathful face, the latter topped by a finial set with small coral beads.
12 ¼ in. (31.1 cm.) high

Christie's Amsterdam, 7 May 2002, lot 560.
Acquired by Ann Getty from the above.