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A rare pair of gilt-damascened iron ritual pincers, Tibet, circa 17th century | 約十七世紀 藏傳鐵鋄金鉗
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Property from an Important European Private Collection
A rare pair of gilt-damascened iron ritual pincers
Tibet, circa 17th century
the curved handle with a Tibetan inscription reading tshe ring mchu ('long life beak')
Length 33 cm, 13 in.
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Collection particulière européenne
Pince rituelle en fer damasquiné doré, Tibet, circa XVIIe siècle
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歐洲私人收藏
約十七世紀 藏傳鐵鋄金鉗
The ritual pincers in the form of bird’s head with opening beak, one handle with a vajra finial and the other curved with a flaming jewel motif. A Tibetan inscription, tshe ring mchu, on the curved handle may be translated literally as ‘long life beak’, referring to the bird head, which may represent a crane or other water bird with a long bill: compare ritual pincers with the head and chelae of a scorpion in Nathalie Bazin, Rituels Tibétains, Paris, 2002, fig. 134.
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