A SILVER RICE MANDALA IN FIVE PARTS

Estimated Value:

500 € - 800 €

Schätzpreis:

1.700 €

Description:

Tibet, ca. 1900
D. 22,5 cm
Silver. The ritual device is understood as a mandala-shaped image of the cosmos, in the center of which the world mountain Meru rises as a peak. It consists of four concentric rings showing Buddhist symbols and a tip. During the offering process, it is filled with rice or other grains.
Important German private collection, collected in the 1970s and 80s, largely acquired from Schoettle Ostasiatica, Stuttgart.
Schoettle no. 2543A, acquired ca. 1979
Minor wear and traces of age

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