ENSEMBLE DE TRENTE ET UN THOGCHAKS EN MÉTAL TIBET, VIIIE-XIVE SIÈCLEENSEMBLE DE TRENTE ET UN THOGCHAKS EN MÉTALTIBET, VIIIE-XIVE SIÈCLE Including Khyung Ngonpo (Garuda), vajras, Achala riding a bird, bodhisattvas, Krodha Vajrapani, Manjushri, Vajrakila, skulls, rings, and auspicious symbols.Himalayan Art Resources item no. 205231 8 cm (3 1/8 in.), the highestA GROUP OF THIRTY-ONE METAL THOGCHAKSTIBET, 8TH-14TH CENTURY西藏 八至十四世紀 金屬托甲一組三十一件Thogchaks are found objects, treasured by Tibetans for their talismanic powers, always metal and usually of great age and wear. Originally, many might have served as fastenings on chests, belts, saddles, and the like. Heller has written extensively on the subject, drawing on examples with similar motifs. See Reynolds (ed.), From the Sacred Realm, New York, 1999, pp. 60 & 79, pl. 35; and Heller, Early Himalayan Art, New Delhi, 2008, pp.112-3 & 130, nos. 34 & 43.