Buddhist amulet container "gau" · Tibet · ID: 3046121
sold
EUR 250
Provenance
German Private CollectionSize
H: 13 cm
B: 10 cm
T: 7 cm
H: 5.1 inch
B: 3.9 inch
T: 2.8 inch
Description
silver sheet, cloth, stone,
Beautiful, completely preserved example with a small stone Buddha in cloth case with lockable front panel.
This amulet containers were worn around the neck like jewellry. They should protect their wearer from evil spirits.
The object Buddhist amulet container “gau” with the object ID 3046121 was last part of the auction Voyage Tribal Art - Live Online Auction at May 23, 2020 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 1 achieved a sales price of EUR 250.
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