Phurpa
Gilt copper alloy
Phurpa
CHINA; Qing dynasty
This phurpa consists of a handle and blade. The handle is comprised of three warriors’ heads colored red, white, and green. They wear skull crowns and dangling earrings, and each forehead has a prominent third eye. With staring eyes and open mouths, they have a wrathful appearance.
The three-edged blade emerges from a makara’s mouth, positioned directly beneath the handle. The blade is decorated with a scroll leaf pattern.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts, page 221.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Phurpa." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , vol. 18, 2016, pp. 221.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Wen Fan. 2016. "Phurpa" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , 18:221.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Fan, W.. (2016). Phurpa. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts (Vol. 18, pp. 221).
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