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.

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

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

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

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

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

Tibetan woman 

circa 1904

Vajra with Energy Wheels Thokcha

43 mm x 29 mm

Old Brass Melong Amulet

31 mm

Early bone ring with wavy line decoration

Origin: Tibet/ Himalayan

diameter 27 mm

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

Sun & Crescent Moon Thokcha
(with Three Jewels at the apex)

44 mm x 28 mm

The sun and moon are two of the most important symbols in Vajrayana Buddhism. The sun (red) represents the feminine aspect of wisdom and the moon (white) represents the male aspect or compassion.  Together they represent the union of wisdom and compassion, the essence of Buddhahood. The Three Jewels or Triple Gem at the apex represent the Buddha, the Dharma and the Sangha. It is through complete reliance or refuge in the Three Jewels that wisdom and compassion can be fully realised.

"But what is a buddha? Briefly, a buddha is one who has developed his or her compassion (Tib. tsé) and wisdom (Tib. khyen) to the ultimate level, beyond all limits. Wisdom, in this context, refers not to an accumulation of knowledge but to the ability to see the true nature of things. What characterizes a Buddha therefore is wisdom and compassion"

~ Ringu Tulku Rinpoche ~

Sky Iron (Namchak) Phurba or Kila with hand painted faces.
crafted from Bronze and with a triple sided
Siberian stony-iron meteorite blade.

10 inches x 2 inches

Machig Labdrön was the 11th century enlightened yogini who 

originated several Tibetan lineages of the Vajrayana practice
known as Chöd. Her teachings became famous throughout
Tibet and the Himalayan regions. Her Indian guru was the
Mahasiddha Padampa Sangye.

Small copper/bronze statue

height approx 2.3 inches

  Lapis Lazuli Statue of

Black Dzambhala (also spelled Jambhala)

height 7 inches
late 20th C

photo: Tibetan lama, circa 1920s.

A Tibetan Lama holds a prayer wheel and five prong drilbu (bell). Seen worn around his neck is a conch shell mala, a protection amulet encased in leather and a group of circular conch or chank shell bead amulets that were probably created from countless rotations of his own prayer wheel. The drum of the prayer wheel sits on a bamboo tube and over time this drills into the conch disc to form a ready-made bead amulet. These conch beads are treated with great reverence and they are believed to be imbued with the power of milllions of mantras that were activated by the spinning of the prayer wheel. Once the bamboo has drilled through the conch disc they are typically strung on cord and worn around the neck or used as a mala. The conch disc is then replaced with a fresh one and the whole process starts again.

Eternal Knot Thokcha

72 mm x 57 mm

Rare Green Tara Statue carved from Chrysoprase.

A rare statue of Dorje Bernakchen

(Two Armed Mahakala)

Carved from Garnet.

Tibetan Chodpa 

Early 20th C