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A SILVER REPOUSSÉ GAU DEPICTING BUDDHA AMITABHA, BHUTAN, 18TH-19TH CENTURY
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A SILVER REPOUSSé GAU DEPICTING BUDDHA AMITABHA, BHUTAN, 18TH-19TH CENTURYThe foliate, arch-shaped copper reliquary box with a finely chased and embossed silver cover depicting Buddha Amitabha seated in dhyanasana upon a lotus base, his hands held in dhyana mudra supporting an alms bowl. He is clad in loosely draped monastic robes cascading from the shoulders and gathering gracefully around the legs while leaving the torso partially exposed. His face bears a serene expression, the hair rendered smooth over the domed ushnisha topped by a jewel, backed by a foliate mandorla and a halo neatly incised with radiating lines.The reliquary contains a sacred textile inscribed in Tibetan calligraphy in the uchen script, bearing mantras and various protective formulas. It is accompanied by remnants of dried medicinal herbs, ritual seeds, and desiccated berries.The amulet box is securely housed within a fitted cotton holster, fitted with a strap allowing it to be worn suspended from the shoulder. (2)Provenance: From a private collection in Europe.Condition: Very good condition with expected wear, manufacturing irregularities, signs of tactile worship, light warping, few small dents, minute nicks, faint surface scratches, light tarnish to silver.Weight: 710.4 g (total)Dimensions: Length 14.1 cmGau are sacred receptacles that served many purposes in Tibetan daily life while also signifying social status and rank. Most commonly fashioned in repoussé metalwork, they were produced in three principal sizes. The smaller and medium examples were designed for portability, whereas the largest versions were typically installed within domestic interiors or temples. All served as containers for sacred and auspicious objects including votive tablets or 'tsa-tsa', often visible through a small viewing aperture. Their purpose, as noted by Rhie and Thurman, was to serve 'as a site where the wisdom emanation of that enlightened being could be invoked and communicated with'. See Marylin Rhie and Robert Thurman, A Shrine for Tibet, 2009, p. 255.Among the most significant forms of personal adornment in Tibet, charm containers held small devotional images, printed prayers and amulets, molded tablets depicting protective deities, and other relics. Traditionally worn by both men and women as protective devices to ward off malevolent forces, the gau assumed distinct forms according to gender and context of use. Women typically wore smaller examples suspended at the neck on short strands of turquoise, coral, or banded agate. Gau associated with men were generally larger and frequently conceived in the form of miniature shrines. Travelers secured them to the arm or wore them bandolier-style across the chest.Literature comparison:Compare a related parcel-gilt silver repoussé gau, Tibet, 18th-19th century, sold by Michael Backman, London, inventory number 9202. Backman notes that related boxes are illustrated by Madhuvanti Ghose (ed.), Vanishing Beauty, 2016, p. 55. Compare a related silver repoussé gau, Tibet, 19th century, 16.5 cm high, in the Royal Ontario Museum, object number 910.204.1.

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