Asianart.com | Associations | Articles | Exhibitions | Galleries


Visitors' Forum

Asian Art  Forums - Detail List
Asian Art Forums

Message Listing by Date:
Message Index | Back | Post a New Message | Search | Private Mail | FAQ
Subject:Religious symbol - Khatvanga: help with origin, age and inscription reading?
Posted By: Gakusei Mon, Feb 01, 2016 IP: 91.96.210.119

On behalf of my brother I would like to know your opinion on this bronze Khatvanga. Especially he would like to know its possible origin, age and the meaning of the inscription. Above the inscription are these ornaments "hats"?
Thanks in advance,
Gakusei



Subject:Re: Religious symbol - Khatvanga: help with origin, age and inscription reading?
Posted By: Rémy DOUKHAN Tue, Feb 02, 2016

Dear Gakusei,
Your khatvanga is chinese.I don't know what the inscription means(a chinese inscription is surprising!)The"hats"seem in fact the terminals of a visvajra(double vajra)though their design is different from those at the ends of the khatvanga
or they are simply elements of decoration.

Subject:Re: Religious symbol - Khatvanga: help with origin, age and inscription reading?
Posted By: Rémy DOUKHAN Tue, Feb 02, 2016

An authentic khatvanga is a long wooden stick with
3 metal human heads at 3 stages of decomposition.Yours is not old at all.
Best regards,
Rémy


Asianart.com | Associations | Articles | Exhibitions | Galleries |