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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ParisLS, post: 10517883, member: 91943&quot;]Yes, it&#039;s sad.. but I would like to know)</p><p><br /></p><p>I just received another answer from a Nepalese gallery. They think that the phurba is around the 17th century and may be connected with Zanabazar (judging by how the hands and decorations are made). They said that the phurba is very nice, it&#039;s a pity that it has defects. The plasticity of the figure is wonderful.</p><p><br /></p><p>Regarding the four sides of the blade: four types of activity (pacification, increase, submission, destruction).</p><p>Four immeasurable states (loving kindness, compassion, sympathetic joy, equanimity).</p><p>Four directions</p><p>(protection from negativity from all sides). With four blades, it is extremely rare. 99.9% of all phurbas have three sides.</p><p><br /></p><p>They also say that sometimes people find phurbas too, but these are absolutely not the same quality, they are all ordinary and not old...our significant...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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