A TIBETAN RITUAL GHANTA AND VAJRA SET

17TH/18TH CENTURY

The bell with a gilt handle cast with a head wearing an eight-petalled crown, surmounted by a four-pronged vajra finial, the eight-pronged vajra with a central girdle and eight petals radiating to each end, together with a fitted case, 18.5cm. (3)

Cf. Christie's, 27th March 2003, lot 138, for a 16th century example; see also Sotheby's, 20th March 2013, lot 258 for another.