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Style: Tibetan
Antique 18th Century Tibetan Buddhist Gilded Iron Lama's Pen Case Derge 1700
Located in Portland, OR
A fine & unusally large antique Tibetan gilded iron pen case, circa 1700. The cylindrical pen case in two parts & made from gilded iron, with finely pierced openwork and engraved dec...
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Early 18th Century Tibetan Antique Tibetan Scholar's Objects

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Iron

Antique 18th Century Tibetan Buddhist Gilded Iron Lama's Pen Case Derge 1700
Antique 18th Century Tibetan Buddhist Gilded Iron Lama's Pen Case Derge 1700

Antique 18th Century Tibetan Buddhist Gilded Iron Lama's Pen Case Derge 1700

Sacred Silver and Conch Shell Trumpet, Tibet, 19th Century
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Conch shell recipient and container for holy water used in ceremonies. Known as “Buddha ears”, they were mounted as a sound instrument. Such shells are important ritual objects in Tibetan Buddhism...
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19th Century Tibetan Antique Tibetan Scholar's Objects

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Silver

Sacred Silver and Conch Shell Trumpet, Tibet, 19th Century
Sacred Silver and Conch Shell Trumpet, Tibet, 19th Century

Sacred Silver and Conch Shell Trumpet, Tibet, 19th Century

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