print;
amulet
- Museum number
- 2004,0403,0.5
- Description
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Woodblock print on hand produced paper made from the Daphne bush using black ink (lamp soot mixed with water). The design is circular with at the centre a spiral of text in Tibetan script, beyond this is a star shaped element also covered in script; two further rings of text separate a ring of vajras from an outer ring of fire. This print is made from a block which has been used so many times that the design has been abraded. The result is that the text can no longer be read.
- Production date
- 2004
- Dimensions
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Height: 64 centimetres (max.)
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Width: 53.80 centimetres
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- Curator's comments
- This type of block print is fixed to doorways or lintels to protect access.
- 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
- 2004,0403,0.5
