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Awaken: A Tibetan Buddhist Journey Toward Enlightenment

Flaming trident
1700–1800
Tibet
Iron, silver, and gilded copper

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Gift of Zimmerman Family Collection in honor of Joe Dye on the occasion of VMFA’s 75th Anniversary, 2010.84.
Photograph © Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, photo by Travis Fullerton.