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Subject:Any hint on origin? small brass shrine
Posted By: Joe W Tue, Apr 03, 2018 IP: 80.153.241.56
Hi, i have the little brass shrine. There is a lot of enamel on it.
Thx in advance, Joe





Subject:Re: Any hint on origin? small brass shrine
Posted By: Rémy doukhan Wed, Apr 04, 2018
It's a Tibetan"gau".

Subject:Re: Any hint on origin? small brass shrine
Posted By: Joe W Wed, Apr 04, 2018
Dear Rémy, thank you very much.
Any hint on the age or style?

Best regards Joe

Subject:Re: Any hint on origin? small brass shrine
Posted By: Bill H Thu, Apr 05, 2018
The enameled portions around the opening highlight the "Eight Buddhist Treasures" (Ba Bao in Mandarin Chinese). See the link for further information from Wikipedia.org.

Best regards,

Bill H.

URL Title :Eight Treasures


Subject:Re: Any hint on origin? small brass shrine
Posted By: Rémy doukhan Thu, Apr 05, 2018
It doesn't seem old.It's the first gau with enamel
I see...
Regards,
Rémy

Subject:Re: Any hint on origin? small brass shrine
Posted By: Rémy doukhan Fri, Apr 06, 2018
thank you!

Subject:Re: Any hint on origin? small brass shrine
Posted By: Joe W Fri, Apr 06, 2018
Dear Bill, dear Remy,

thx (again) for your support and help.
'not old' is a wide expression - can i expect it not beeing older than 1900?

But it is a nice one, there are some papers inside. But i dare to unfold them because of age and they might fall apart..

Many thx for the link to shtamangala / Eight Auspicious Signs.

Best regards, Joe

Subject:Re: Any hint on origin? small brass shrine
Posted By: Rémy doukhan Fri, Apr 06, 2018
I thought it was much later than 1900.But you don't want to unfold the papers because "they might fall apart".So it might be older than I thought...Or the papers might have been put inside a more recent gau...

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