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Antique Fibula Thokcha with Vajra
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Our Price: £200.00
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A fantastic geuine antique piece displaying a dorje or vajra.
Condition: Excellent, no breaks or repairs
height approx 34.51 mm x 34.43 mm
Origin: Tibet
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Antique Tibetan Flint Case - 19th C
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Our Price: £150.00
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A very nice looking antique traveling leather flint case. With brass ornamental metalwork depicting dragons.
copper alloy
Age: 19th Century
90 mm x 65 mm
Origin: Tibet
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Crouching Lion Thokcha
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Our Price: £150.00
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A portion of a crouching or seated lion thokcha. Worn smooth from centuries of bodily contact. Displays a lovely glowing patina and has two holes for easy suspension. This is a slightly larger piece than the other 'crouching lion' in our inventory and has a more meteoric look.
bronze alloy
40 mm x 33 mm
Origin: Tibet
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Crouching Lion Thokcha
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Our Price: £150.00
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A very nice portion of a crouching or seated lion thokcha. Worn smooth from centuries of bodily contact. Displays a lovely glowing patina and has two holes for easy suspension.
bronze/copper alloy
30 mm x 28 mm
Origin: Tibet
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Antique Astrological Melong Amulet
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Our Price: £150.00
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A lovely melong amulet that has an old repair so that it can still be worn.
Sourced in the Himalayan Kingdom of Nepal
approx 52 mm
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Antique Astrological Melong Amulet
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Our Price: £150.00
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A beautiful old melong amulet that has an old repair so that it can still be worn. Superb patina!
Sourced in the Himalayan Kingdom of Nepal
height 48.43mm
width 40.33 mm
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Ancient Three Ring Thokcha
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Our Price: £140.00
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An ancient bronze alloy thokcha displaying three rings and a raised triangular centre. Shows signs of great age but is still very suitable to be worn.
Condition: Good with weathering and verdigris, no breaks or repairs
Width at widest point 42 mm
Prized in Tibet and the Himalayan regions.
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Small Antique Tibetan Vase
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Our Price: £108.00
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A very nice looking antique vase with a lovely patina.
copper alloy
Age: 19th Century
41 mm x 31 mm
Origin: Tibet
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Rare Iron Phurba or Kila Amulet Pendant
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Our Price: £54.95
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A superb hand crafted iron phurba amulet. The three sided blade is held in the mouth of the mythical Makara. The three wrathful deity heads representing the three kayas are seen at the apex. We commissioned a Tibetan family who have been making ritual items for more than 50 years to make these for us. They have used the same skills they use to make full size ritual phurbas. We are delighted with the outcome. Each piece is individually hand carved and can take many days to complete. It is extremely difficult to carve pieces of this size in such fine detail, so these truly are wearable works of sacred art.
length approx 5.5 cms
width approx 1.2 cms
Please note that these pieces are individually crafted. This means each phurba will have its own unique character. Slight variations in detail should be expected.
Please choose whether you would like copper or brass earrings from the drop down menu.
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Garuda or Khyung Amulet
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Our Price: £45.00
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A very nice Khyung or Garuda amulet designed to replicate ancient thokcha pieces.
45 mm x 56 mm
Material: Brass
Sourced in Nepal
late 20th Century
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Vajra Ring
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Our Price: £45.00
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A copper alloy vajra or dorje ring.
Origin: Tibet/Himalayas
copper alloy
size of vajra = 34 mm
approx USA size 8
approx UK size Q
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Iron Phurba or Kila Amulet Pendant
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Our Price: £24.95
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A wonderful hand crafted iron Phurba or Kila pendant.
Hand crafted in Nepal
length approx 5 cms
width approx 0.7 cms
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Copper Phurba or Kila Amulet Pendant
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Our Price: £24.95
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A wonderful handcrafted copper Phurba or Kila pendant.
Hand crafted in Nepal
length approx 5 cms
width approx 0.7 cms
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Garuda or Khyung Amulet
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Our Price: £20.00
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A contemporary Khyung or Garuda amulet that was probably created in Nepal to replicate an antique or ancient thokcha.
50.11 mm x 37.17 mm
Sourced in Nepal
late 20th Century
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Double Deer Amulet
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Our Price: £20.00
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A very nice amulet depicting two deer. A piece designed to replicate an antique or ancient thokcha.
44mm x 38 mm
Sourced in Nepal
late 20th Century
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Garuda or Khyung Amulet
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Our Price: £20.00
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A very nice Khyung or Garuda amulet designed to replicate ancient thokcha pieces.
50.11 mm x 37.17 mm
Sourced in Nepal
late 20th Century
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Three Bodhisattva Amulet
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Our Price: £15.00
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A very nice bronze alloy amulet depicting the three Bodhisattvas who are Chenrezig, Vajrapani and Manjushri. A piece that replicates an antique thokcha of the same design.
55 mm x 42 mm
Sourced in Nepal
late 20th Century
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Rare Gilded Phurba or Kila
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SOLD!
A superb hand crafted fully gilded phurba that can also be strung and worn as an amulet. The three sided blade is held in the mouth of the mythical Makara. Three wrathful deity heads representing the three kayas are seen at the apex. Only one available!
Material: 24K Gilded Copper
length approx 72 mm
width approx 12 mm
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Old Vajra or Dorje Ring
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SOLD!
An old vajra or dorje ring. This is a large uncommon piece. The ring opens to allow it to expand to a larger size.
mid 20th century
Origin: Mongolia
vajra measures 24 mm x 11.09 mm
Metal: Brass Alloy
ring size = US 12 or 21.3 mm
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Thokcha Armor Plate
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SOLD!
An antique Tibetan armor plate.
Origin: Tibet
Condition: Very good
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Antique Mandala Thokcha
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SOLD!
A genuine antique thokcha that was sourced in Nepal in the 1970s. This piece has a mandala like design and the suspension hole is very worn from being strung. Pieces such as this are believed to be hundreds of years old and possibly date to the 15th century CE or earlier. Genuine antique thokcha are almost impossible to find in such perfect condition.
Prized in Tibet and the Himalayan regions
Condition: Excellent. No breaks, repairs or cracks.
60 mm x 48 mm
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Antique Bell & Vajra Thokcha Rings
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A matched pair of antique Bell & Vajra rings. They are in excellent condition with a wonderful patina. The metal quality is comparable to some of the earliest thokcha.
Age: 1800s or earlier
copper alloy
approx USA size 7 3/4
approx UK size P 1/2
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Antique Bell or Drilbu Handle
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SOLD!
Here we have an antique bronze alloy handle with a five prong vajra at the apex. This is meant to be the handle for a ritual bell (drilbu or ghanta). The head of Prajnaparamita is seen above the long life vase. This single face represents the perfection of all the Budda's wisdoms or discriminating awareness (prajna).
Age: late 19th Century
Origin: Tibet
height 87.56 mm x 37.72 mm
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Antique Tibetan Thogchags & Seals ~ 1st Edition Hardback Book
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SOLD OUT!
Here we have the very difficult to source Antique Thogchags and Seals book by the Taiwanese author Lin Tung Kuang. The book is second hand but is in excellent condition. It is a must for any serious collector of Thokcha if only for the photography.
207 pages
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Nine Pronged Vajra Amulet
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SOLD!
A lovely looking brass alloy vajra from Tibet.
length 41 mm x 12 mm
Origin: Tibet
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Vajra or Dorje Pendant
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SOLD OUT!
An old metal vajra pendant. It has a central hole to allow cord to pass through.
diameter approx 33.42 mm x 10.10 mm
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Antique Silver Bell & Vajra Rings
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SOLD!
A matched pair of antique Bell & Vajra rings. They are in excellent condition with a wonderful patina.
Origin: Tibet/Himalayas
Tibetan Silver
Late 19th/Early 20th Century
approx USA size 8
approx UK size Q
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Antique Astrological Melong Amulet
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SOLD!
A fine melong amulet with very old wear at the suspension hole. A piece clearly cherished and worn as an amulet for many years.
Sourced in the Himalayan Kingdom of Nepal
approx 51 mm
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Antique Nine Palaces Melong Amulet
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SOLD!
A wonderful antique Tibetan melong amulet that displays the Nine Palaces, Eight Trigrams and 12 animals of the zodiac. The suspension ring at the apex is a newer addition to this piece, which was added at some point to allow it to be worn.
Melong amulets are believed to ward off negativity including protection from unfavourable planetary alignments.
Origin: Tibet/Himalayan
Material: Copper Alloy
Age: Early 20th/19th Century
height = 57 mm width = 53 mm
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Genuine Meteorite Pendant
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This is a genuine namchak or meteorite from the Juancheng fall in 1997. It is an Olivin-Bronzit-Chondrit H5 type and is a particularly nice specimen. It has been framed in gold which really compliments the colour of this piece. A completely original one off pendant, sourced and designed by Garuda Trading.
Origin: Juancheng, Shandong, China
Fall: 15th February 1997
framed in 9kt gold
height 32 mm x 24 mm
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Antique Nine Palaces Melong Amulet
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SOLD!
A wonderful antique Tibetan melong amulet that displays the Nine Palaces, Eight Trigrams and 12 animals of the zodiac. It has an old repair at the apex. This is a great wearable piece with a lovely usage patina.
Melong amulets are believed to ward off negativity including protection from unfavourable planetary alignments.
Origin: Tibet/Himalayan
Material: Copper Alloy
Age: Early 20th/19th Century
height = 57 mm width = 53 mm
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Antique Vajra Ring
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This is an excellent antique nine-pronged Vajra ring. Three prongs are damaged on the underside of one side, which is hidden when the ring is worn.
length of vajra = 38.40 mm x 13.07 mm
19th Century or earlier
copper alloy
USA size 8
UK size Q
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Vajrapanai Thokcha
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SOLD!
This is a large genuine Thogchag of Vajrapani. The condition remains very good.
Sourced in Tibet
Age: 12th to 14th Century
64.34 height x 51.65 mm
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Antique Nine Palaces Melong Amulet
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SOLD!
This is very nice antique Tibetan melong amulet that displays the Nine Palaces, Eight Trigrams and 12 animals of the zodiac. This piece is unusual in having a peacock at the apex. The peacock is often associated with the transformation of poison into wisdom. In Asia the feathers of the peacock are also believed to bring protection. The reverse has faint traces of a lotus flower.
Tibetan Astrology like the Chinese system is organised according to the 12 Animal Signs. There is a legend that tells of Lord Buddha summoning all the animals to come to him before his parinirvana. It is said that 12 animals came to honour him. The Buddha rewarded each animal by naming a year after them in the order they arrived. First came the Rat, then the Ox, the Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Sheep, Monkey, Rooster, Dog and lastly the Pig.
Melong amulets are believed to ward off negativity, including protection from unfavourable planetary alignments.
Origin: Tibet/Himalayan
Condition: Very good with no breaks or repairs
Material: Copper Alloy
Age: 19th Century
height = 73 mm width = 53 mm
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Ancient Horse & Rider Thokcha
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Rare ancient Thokcha that displays a figure seated on a horse. This is likely to pre-date the arrival of Buddhism in Tibet and could be 2000 years old or more. In Tibet, pieces that display a Horse and rider are usually associated with King Gesar or the protectoress Palden Lhamo.
Thokcha prized in Tibetan and the Himalayan Regions
34.29 mm x 27.83 mm
Condition: Excellent
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Antique Double Dorje Thokcha
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SOLD!
This piece displays a double dorje design.
Condition: Very good. No breaks or repairs
width 38.61 mm x 49.54 mm
Origin: Tibet
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Antique Fibula Thokcha
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SOLD!
A wonderful antique copper alloy Thogchag. Great patina and wear.
Origin: Tibet
Condition: Very good
approx 40.82 mm
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