OLD TIBETAN SILVER BOWL '8 BUDDHIST SYMBOLS'
$1,380.00Price
•Elegantly shaped Silver “applique” traditional Bowl
•Used for offering buttered tea to visiting Lamas
•8 cells in repousse work around the Bowl representing the 8 auspicious symbols of Buddhism, or Ashtamangalas (the 8 signs of Good Fortune)***
•Bottom finely incised with a circumvoluting Dragon
•Diameter 4 ½ inches/11,4 cm; Height 2 ¼ inches/5,6 cm; Base 2¾”/6,9cm
•From Tibet, XXth century
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oThe Parasol: Protection against all Evil
oThe Banner: The Victory of all Buddha’s teaching
oThe Conch: Absence of all Evil, the Glory of Holy Men
oThe Endless Knot: An infinite Knot, long Life & never ending Love
oThe Wheel of Life: The Wheel of Law; the eight spokes represents the eight fold Path. Completion & Salvation through Buddha’s Teachings
oThe Vase: The Vase of Abundance, contains the Water of Immortality, Spiritual Wealth
oThe Golden Fishes: Salvation from suffering, Fertility
oThe Lotus: The perfect Lotus, Purity