Lot 504A, Two Tibetan bronze vajra sceptres and other Buddhist implements, 19th century
Two Tibetan bronze vajra sceptres and other Buddhist implements, 19th century
Estimate £150-250
Gilt Vajra only: One bar is missing, another is cracked and bent to one side, there is some general minor signs of wear, dings, scratches etc.
Provenance - Alfred Theodore Arber-Cooke (c.1910-1993); thence by family descent. Arber-Cooke lived in Carmarthenshire, Wales and was an avid collector of European & Asian works of art and an author of the History of Llandovery. He was collecting from the 1940s to the 1980s.
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Sold for £750