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Tibetan - A Ritual Box - Walters 572299 - Left Side

Tibetan - A Ritual Box - Walters 572299 - Left Side

The surfaces of this silver and gilt box are richly embellished with symbols and mantras associated with the destruction of malevolent spirits. On the front is a symbolic representation of the protective female... More

Tibetan - A Ritual Box - Walters 572299 - Reverse

Tibetan - A Ritual Box - Walters 572299 - Reverse

The surfaces of this silver and gilt box are richly embellished with symbols and mantras associated with the destruction of malevolent spirits. On the front is a symbolic representation of the protective female... More

Tibetan - A Ritual Box - Walters 572299 - Right Side

Tibetan - A Ritual Box - Walters 572299 - Right Side

The surfaces of this silver and gilt box are richly embellished with symbols and mantras associated with the destruction of malevolent spirits. On the front is a symbolic representation of the protective female... More

Tibetan - A Ritual Box - Walters 572299 - Three Quarter

Tibetan - A Ritual Box - Walters 572299 - Three Quarter

The surfaces of this silver and gilt box are richly embellished with symbols and mantras associated with the destruction of malevolent spirits. On the front is a symbolic representation of the protective female... More

Tibetan - A Ritual Box - Walters 572299 - Top

Tibetan - A Ritual Box - Walters 572299 - Top

The surfaces of this silver and gilt box are richly embellished with symbols and mantras associated with the destruction of malevolent spirits. On the front is a symbolic representation of the protective female... More

Tibetan - A Ritual Box - Walters 572299

Tibetan - A Ritual Box - Walters 572299

The surfaces of this silver and gilt box are richly embellished with symbols and mantras associated with the destruction of malevolent spirits. On the front is a symbolic representation of the protective female... More

Tibetan or Chinese origin, 18th century embroidery Tibetan Buddhist art of Cosmic Mount Meru

Tibetan or Chinese origin, 18th century embroidery Tibetan Buddhist ar...

The setting, with beasts and floating skulls in a desolate landscape, focuses the mind of the meditator (or the initiate in a ceremony) upon mortality, and hence upon the eternal. Within the circle is a view of... More