Tibetan Gilt Bronze Ritual Kartika Knife

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20th century A.D. With swept lunate blade connected to the baluster handle by the gaping jaws of a serpent; four-arched vajra finial. 1.52 kg, 33.4 cm (13 1/8 in.).

Private collection, UK.

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Tibetan Gilt Bronze Ritual Kartika Knife

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