RINCHEN BRDARU COMPOSÉ DE DEUX PIÈCES EN ACIER TIBET, VERS LE XIIIE SIÈCLERINCHEN BRDARU COMPOSÉ DE DEUX PIÈCES EN ACIERTIBET, VERS LE XIIIE SIÈCLEHimalayan Art Resources item no. 205100 The longest section: 25.5 cm (10 in.) longA STEEL RITUAL TWO-PIECE FILE (RIN-CH'EN BRDA-RU)TIBET, CIRCA 13TH CENTURY西藏 約十三世紀 鋼法器Rinchen daru (lit. 'rubbing file'), are used in special ceremonies for blessing and consecrating sacred images. A file or rasp is drawn across the central blade to produce shavings of the five holy metals gold, silver, copper, tin, and iron. For more information, see Henss, Buddhist Ritual Art of Tibet, 2020, pp. 275-277, nos. 355-359. For a complete file set see Neven, Lamaistic Art, Brussels, 1975, p. 56, no. 157. A stylistically related c.13th-century Purbha was sold at Bonhams, New York, 17 March 2014, lot 23.