POINTE DE LANCE RITUELLE EN FER DAMASQUINÉ OR ET ARGENT TIBET ORIENTAL, DERGÉ, VERS XVIE SIÈCLEPOINTE DE LANCE RITUELLE EN FER DAMASQUINÉ OR ET ARGENTTIBET ORIENTAL, DERGÉ, VERS XVIE SIÈCLE Himalayan Art Resources item no. 205002 67 cm (26 3/8 in.) highA GOLD AND SILVER DAMASCENED IRON RITUAL SPEAR HEAD EASTERN TIBET, DERGE, CIRCA 16TH CENTURY 藏東 更慶鎮 約十六世紀 鐵鋄金銀矛 This spear (Mdung Rtse) was an implement utilized by oracles, possibly for a ceremony or ritual. The blade has two flat sides with a medial ridge and rounded tip. Gold damascened decorations of flames are finely engraved into the blade. At the bottom of the spear is a circular rimmed base. Stylistically, the flame motifs on the blades, compare with an example sold in Christie's, New York, 29 September 2020, lot 10 and an example in The Metropolitan Museum of Art (2001.180) and Henss, Buddhist Ritual Art of Tibet, Stuttgart, 2020, p. 217, nos. 272 and 273.Published:Deborah Ashencaen and Gennady Leonov, Visions of Perfect Worlds: Buddhist Art from the Himalayas, Spink & Son Ltd., London, 1999 p. 69, no. 39.Provenance:Spink & Son Ltd., London, 1999