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LOT 2192

Tibetan Gilt Bronze Ritual Kartika Knife

20TH CENTURY A.D.

13 1/8 in. (1.52 kg, 33.4 cm).

With swept lunate blade connected to the baluster handle by the gaping jaws of a serpent; four-arched vajra finial.

Provenance

Private collection, UK.

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LOT 2192

Tibetan Gilt Bronze Ritual Kartika Knife

Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)

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