[tibetan pendants] Water Chestnut Shaped Pla - pearl jewelry

Qianlong period, Qing Dynasty
Height: 4.3cm
Diameter of month: 35cm

The plate is shaped like a water chestnut and coated with red lacquer. Adorned with gold-painted motifs, the center of the plate is dedicated to a picture of a gorgeous scene featuring longevity stones, peach trees, peony flowers and four magpies that are flying in the sky or settling on the branches or the stones. The picture is encircled by labyrinth motifs traced in gold in the polished area. Co

Tang dynasty (618–906), ca. 700
Black limestone; H. 64 1/2 in. (163.7 cm)

During the Tang dynasty, Buddhist sects or schools of distinctively Chinese character were established. The Western Pure Land sect, based on the cult of the Buddha Amitabha, attracted the largest number of adherents. Motivated by the firm belief that salvation awaits each and every devotee in a paradise situated in the western realm of Buddhist cosmology, pious patrons sponsored the making of sculptures dep

crystal jewelry, pearl jewelry, tibetan pendants, tibetan ring