A BRASS AND IRON RITUAL DAGGER (PHURBU), TIBET, ca. 15th/16th ct., on stand, the dagger consisting of a triangular iron blade issued by an makara-head continuing into the grip shaped as a vajra, topped with a deity-head with three faces showing each a wrathful expression with bulging eyes, open mouth and the hair combed in a chignon secured with tiaras decorated with skulls - Property from the Asian and Himalayan art collection of the brothers Kienzle, Swabia, assembled between 1965 and 1986 - Minor wear Feiner Phurbu aus Eisen und Bronze mit Holzstand TIBET, ca. 15./16.Jh. L. 30,3 cm o.S. Provenienz: Aus der Tibet- und Asien-Sammlung der Gebrüder Kienzle, Schwaben, zwischen 1965 und 1986 gesammelt - Etwas berieben