print
- Museum number
- 2004,0403,0.12
- Description
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Woodblock print on hand produced paper made from the Daphne bush using black ink (lamp soot mixed with water). One of two impressions of a circular print from a worn block (details are indistinct). At the centre is a kalasa surrounded by text. Beyond, set within lotus petals are svastikas, while beyond this again is a ring of text in Tibetan characters and then a scrolling leaf pattern.
- Production date
- 2004
- $Inscriptions
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- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Good
- Acquisition date
- 2004
- Acquisition notes
- Donation made at the Gompa in exchange for the prints. Sarong Gompa is the seat of the Sarong Rimpoches, a line of re-incarnating lamas. They belong to the Gelugpa order but, unusually, marry.
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 2004,0403,0.12
