Noteworthy scepter with ivory handle of Moghul craft, with the extremities carved in a floral motif, and skull with flaming aura in embossed and fire-gilded silver. A red spinel is mounted in one of the eye sockets. The third flame is missing, though it is possible that this was the intended form of the item, appropriate for its placement in conjunction with a devotional sculpture. Exhibits: International exhibit of Tibetan art, at the International institute of Tibetan studies Shan-Shung, Castello degli Aldobrandeschi, Arcidosso. May 30 – July 8 1990; Exhibit "Tibet dimora degli dei - arte buddhista tibetana ed himalayana" October 1991 Galleria della Rinascente, P.zza del Duomo Milan; Exhibit "Tibet, centro del cielo, cuore e mondo" February 8 – March 25 2005 at the Anthropological and Ethnographic museum, University of Turin; Exhibit "Tibet" November 11, 2007 – January 28, 2008 at the Regional Counsel of Piedmont library, organized during the Dalai Lama’s visit. Provenance: Northern Italian private collection.