Lot 80 Dα

A large bronze vajra. Sino-Tibetan, 18th/19th century

A six-pointed vajra diamond scepter, the central section with lotus friezes centered by a rounded knob, symbolising emptiness, flanked by frieze of pearls between plain bands, surrounded by a eight-petalled lotus at either side, the four outer curved prongs emerging from makara heads, and at either end joining the central shaft with their tips.
Length 29.5 cm