Wednesday, 18 November 2015


Antique Padmasambhava Statue with
Mandarava and Yeshe Tsogyal

Tuesday, 17 November 2015







Double Vajra Thokcha
Tibet
54 mm x 44 mm

Thursday, 12 November 2015




Lion Mandala Thokcha
Tibet
76 mm












Antique Bronze Spoon
Tibet
120 mm x 30 mm

Tuesday, 10 November 2015




Antique Astrological Melong Amulets
Tibet

Thursday, 1 October 2015


Antique Tibetan Silver Belt Plaque
with Snow Lion & Dragon motif
215 mm x 90 mm

Monday, 28 September 2015


Antique Tibetan Gau
with engraved OM seed syllable 
63 mm x 67 mm

Friday, 25 September 2015



Large Ring or 'Beaded Circlet' Thokcha
50 mm diameter

Tuesday, 11 August 2015


A Mechag or Chuckmuck Tinder Pouch with Flint Striker
see Chuckmuck article here

A complete set including the chatelaine can be seen
on the British Museum website.

Monday, 3 August 2015


Small Standing Kubera 
or Black Dzambhala
Gilded Bronze
height 2 inches

Antique Yellow Dzambhala Statue
height 2.3 inches


Sandalwood Vaishravana Statue
stamped with consecration seal
height 2.7 inches

Thursday, 23 July 2015


Antique painted clay statue of Thangtong Gyalpo
height 2.8 inches


Antique painted clay statue of Thangtong Gyalpo
height 2.4 inches


Antique painted clay statue of Thangtong Gyalpo
height 2.7 inches



Standing Achala Thokcha
(wielding a sword)
67 mm x 46 mm



Stylised Horse Thokcha
42 mm x 25 mm

Wednesday, 22 July 2015



Various silver hair ornaments mounted with amber and turquoise. The largest piece on the right is inset with a more recent imitation turquoise cabachon and this replaces a piece that has long since been lost. The shape of the elongated silver pieces is reminiscent of a conch or chank shell, an important symbol of the Dharma.

Salween Vallley, North East of Lhasa
largest 4 inches x 2.6 inches

Tuesday, 21 July 2015





Bowl/Vessel Thokcha
26 mm x 17 mm


A zoomorphic Thokcha. Possibly in the 
form of a stylised dog, wolf or fox. 
28 mm x 28 mm

Tuesday, 7 April 2015




Antique Tibetan wooden stamp/mould
with Swastika & Conch Shell design
90 mm x 70 mm






Lion Thokcha
Collected in Tibet in the 1980s
64 mm x 54 mm

Tuesday, 31 March 2015


Tibetan woman 
circa 1904

Monday, 23 March 2015


Vajra with Energy Wheels Thokcha
43 mm x 29 mm


Old Brass Melong Amulet
31 mm

Thursday, 12 February 2015


Early bone ring with wavy line decoration
Origin: Tibet/ Himalayan
diameter 27 mm

Wednesday, 11 February 2015



Rare Quality Dark Iron Phurba or Kila
This is a newly created piece.
(carved in 15th/16th C Style)
length approx 8 inches







Antique Buddha Shakyamuni Statue
height 3.7 inches
Bronze Alloy
Origin: Tibet/Himalayan