LOT 1051 A GILT COPPER ALLOY SCORPION SWORD HANDLE OF BEGTSE CHEN TIB...
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A GILT COPPER ALLOY SCORPION SWORD HANDLE OF BEGTSE CHEN TIBET, 17TH/18TH CENTURYA GILT COPPER ALLOY SCORPION SWORD HANDLE OF BEGTSE CHENTIBET, 17TH/18TH CENTURYHimalayan Art Resources item no. 4741 12.5 cm (4 7/8 in.) long西藏 十七/十八世紀 銅鎏金大紅司命主蝎形寶劍柄The handle fashioned in the shape of a flattened scorpion represents the destructive and deadly weapon of the protective deity Begtse Chen. It is most likely that such a ritual armament would have been held by a monk invoking the deity through costume in a ritual Cham dance, as shown in a black and white photo of a performance in the 1930s, (Tsultem, Mongolian Sculpture, Ulan Batar, 1988).Compare with a complete sword in the Triay Collection, (Nathalie Bazin et al., Rituels tibétains: Visions secrètes du Vème Dalaï Lama (1617 – 1682), 2002, p. 146, no. 106).Provenance:Private California Collection, acquired in the 1980s
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