PARTIE DE BÂTON SONNEUR EN ACIER AGRÉMENTÉ DE STUPA ET D'ANNEAUX EN ACIER (KHAKKHARA) TIBET, XVIIE SIÈCLEPARTIE DE BÂTON SONNEUR EN ACIER AGRÉMENTÉ DE STUPA ET D'ANNEAUX EN ACIER (KHAKKHARA)TIBET, XVIIE SIÈCLE Himalayan Art Resources item no. 205098 55 cm (21 5/8 in.) highA STEEL FINIAL WITH STUPAS FROM A RINGING STAFF (KHAKKHARA)TIBET, 17TH CENTURY西藏 十七世紀 鋼佛塔錫杖首The khakkhara ("ringing staff", "sounding staff") is one of the codified possessions of a Buddhist monk. It has a practical use for alerting and diverting animals from a monk's pathway, while also having mnemonic features worked into its shape and components. For other types of khakkharas, see HAR 273 and 50335. An earlier example was sold at Christie's, Amsterdam, 2 November 1998, lot 35, while a later is published in Henss, Buddhist Ritual Art of Tibet, Stuttgart, pp. 432-3, serving to inform the present lot's attribution in between.