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☛ PHURBA: ICONOGRAPHY
The kīla(nail) or phurba is a three-sided peg, stake, knife, or nail like ritual implement traditionally associated with Indo-Tibetan Buddhism, The kīla is associated with the meditational deity Vajrakīla or Vajrakīlaya.

☛ PROCESS: CERAMIC MOLDING SYSTEM
This statue of Phurba has been made by the Ceramic mold casting Process, also known ambiguously as ceramic molding, This is a modern approach to our traditional way of casting statues by the process of the Loss wax system or the Rubber molding system. Besides making the mold, This statue is 100% hand-finished in Nepal, unlike the common assumption. Also, it is 100% made in the famous city of Patan.

☛ FINISHING : FULL GOLD GILDED WITH ANTIQUE PATINA
The whole body of this Phurba statue has been gilded with Gold by the ancient process of gold gilding using amalgam Gold, This process of Gold gilding is known as Mercury Gold Gilding (पारा Pārā सुन Suna जलप Jalap), Fire Gilding, or Fire gold plating(In Nepal). Gold gilded by this process is very good for the copper statues, as the statue gilded by this process will retain the gold for very long time. Gold Gilded by this process is comparatively expensive to the modern electrochemical plating but due to it durability it is still a prefered choice for many collectors and practitioners alike.
After the Gilding is completed the Phurba statue was sent to the sculpture aging artist to bring a antique feel or patina to the statue. Artists of the metal aging process prefer not to share information about the sculpture aging techniques hence we cannot explain the whole process of aging in detail.