This silver stupa would likely have been used as an altar piece in a Tibetan shrine room. It is modeled after a very typical Tibetan style stupa, surmounted with a finial of thirteen rings and with a gilt sun and moon. The rectangular base is decorated with Tibetan auspicious symbols.
The piece is 8-1/2 inches high and is four inches square at the base. Originally it contained four semi-precious stones at the cardina ...click for details
This is just one of several old thangkas we purchased in Nepal
this winter and only received a few weeks ago. As time permits
we will be putting a few of them up here on Trocadero, but there
are many which will only be available on our Himalayan Antiques
web pages. They can be found at outofasia.net or going back to
our home page on Trocadero and following the link there.
Chillums have been used in the Indian subcontinent for centuries for smoking tobacco or hashish. The ones we are featuring here come from the Jajarkot area of western Nepal, the same area as the primitive bronze figures and the shamanistic
wooden figures.
They look especially interesting as a small collection, but we are offering them singly, but offering a photo of a group so you can see relative sizes. They are a ...click for details
Chillums have been used in the Indian subcontinent for centuries for smoking tobacco or hashish. The ones we are featuring here come from the Jajarkot area of western Nepal, the same area as the primitive bronze figures and the shamanistic
wooden figures.
They look especially interesting as a small collection, but we are offering them singly, but offering a photo of a group so you can see relative sizes. They are a ...click for details
Chillums have been used in the Indian subcontinent for centuries for smoking tobacco or hashish. The ones we are featuring here come from the Jajarkot area of western Nepal, the same area as the primitive bronze figures and the shamanistic
wooden figures.
They look especially interesting as a small collection, but we are offering them singly, but offering a photo of a group so you can see relative sizes. They are a ...click for details
Chillums have been used in the Indian subcontinent for centuries for smoking tobacco or hashish. The ones we are featuring here come from the Jajarkot area of western Nepal, the same area as the primitive bronze figures and the shamanistic
wooden figures.
They look especially interesting as a small collection, but we are offering them singly, but offering a photo of a group so you can see relative sizes. They are a ...click for details
Chillums have been used in the Indian subcontinent for centuries for smoking tobacco or hashish. The ones we are featuring here come from the Jajarkot area of western Nepal, the same area as the primitive bronze figures and the shamanistic
wooden figures.
They look especially interesting as a small collection, but we are offering them singly, but offering a photo of a group so you can see relative sizes. They are a ...click for details
Chillums have been used in the Indian subcontinent for centuries for smoking tobacco or hashish. The ones we are featuring here come from the Jajarkot area of western Nepal, the same area as the primitive bronze figures and the shamanistic
wooden figures.
They look especially interesting as a small collection, but we are offering them singly, but offering a photo of a group so you can see relative sizes. They are a ...click for details
While Bhutan's culture is very similar to that of Tibet, they have evolved their own unique style. Take something as simple as a
tsampa bowl. Elsewhere on Trocadero we have a typical Tibetan tsampa bowl. Here we have a very traditional Bhutanese one. There is no mistaking the two. The Bhutanese one has a much simpler shape and the emphasis is on the beautifully figured light colored burl wood. The Tibetans have a much more elaborate shape with a top smaller than the bottom but with an ...click for details
