A Rare Tibetan Ivory , Silver and Copper Seal in the form of a Chí¶rten
A Rare Tibetan Ivory , Silver and Copper Seal in the form of a Chí¶rten
18 th Century
Size : 7 cm high , 5 cm dia. – 2¾ ins high , 2 ins dia.
18 th Century
Size : 7 cm high , 5 cm dia. – 2¾ ins high , 2 ins dia.
All Tibetan monasteries centre on Chí¶rtens and individuals often own small ones on household altars as a focus for meditation . They are the symbol of the enlightened mind and each aspect of their design symbolises a facet of the enlightenment experience and the path leading to it .
This seal is probably from a monastery . Above a row of skulls around the bottom edge there are the eight Buddhist emblems of happy Angury in silver . On the base there is a device which is a representation of the Buddhist Dharma .
This seal is probably from a monastery . Above a row of skulls around the bottom edge there are the eight Buddhist emblems of happy Angury in silver . On the base there is a device which is a representation of the Buddhist Dharma .
A Rare Tibetan Ivory , Silver and Copper Seal in the form of a Chí¶rten
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