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Vintage Buddhist Folding Prayer Table. Victory Flag & Snow Lion Motifs. Tibet


Vintage Buddhist Folding Prayer Table. Victory Flag & Snow Lion Motifs. Tibet
Vintage Buddhist Folding Prayer Table. Victory Flag & Snow Lion Motifs. Tibet
Vintage Buddhist Folding Prayer Table. Victory Flag & Snow Lion Motifs. Tibet
Vintage Buddhist Folding Prayer Table. Victory Flag & Snow Lion Motifs. Tibet
Vintage Buddhist Folding Prayer Table. Victory Flag & Snow Lion Motifs. Tibet
Vintage Buddhist Folding Prayer Table. Victory Flag & Snow Lion Motifs. Tibet
Vintage Buddhist Folding Prayer Table. Victory Flag & Snow Lion Motifs. Tibet
Vintage Buddhist Folding Prayer Table. Victory Flag & Snow Lion Motifs. Tibet
Vintage Buddhist Folding Prayer Table. Victory Flag & Snow Lion Motifs. Tibet
Vintage Buddhist Folding Prayer Table. Victory Flag & Snow Lion Motifs. Tibet
Vintage Buddhist Folding Prayer Table. Victory Flag & Snow Lion Motifs. Tibet
Vintage Buddhist Folding Prayer Table. Victory Flag & Snow Lion Motifs. Tibet
Vintage Buddhist Folding Prayer Table. Victory Flag & Snow Lion Motifs. Tibet
Vintage Buddhist Folding Prayer Table. Victory Flag & Snow Lion Motifs. Tibet
Vintage Buddhist Folding Prayer Table. Victory Flag & Snow Lion Motifs. Tibet
Vintage Buddhist Folding Prayer Table. Victory Flag & Snow Lion Motifs. Tibet
Vintage Buddhist Folding Prayer Table. Victory Flag & Snow Lion Motifs. Tibet
Vintage Buddhist Folding Prayer Table. Victory Flag & Snow Lion Motifs. Tibet
Vintage Buddhist Folding Prayer Table. Victory Flag & Snow Lion Motifs. Tibet
Vintage Buddhist Folding Prayer Table. Victory Flag & Snow Lion Motifs. Tibet
Vintage Buddhist Folding Prayer Table. Victory Flag & Snow Lion Motifs. Tibet

Vintage Buddhist Folding Prayer Table. Victory Flag & Snow Lion Motifs. Tibet   Vintage Buddhist Folding Prayer Table. Victory Flag & Snow Lion Motifs. Tibet

A larger vintage Tibetan travelling / folding prayer table. Decorated with various significant Buddhist emblems including a Tibetan Flag of Victory, crossed thunderbolts, the eternal knot. And a pair of roaring snow lions. The Lion's Roar, of course, a frequent metaphor for the awakening dharma of the Buddha. Painted polychrome panels in sacred saffron and vermillion.

Has been sourced from Kathmandu in Nepal though probably originated in Tibet. A Tibetan Victory Banner framed by a pair of roaring snow lions forms the lead image.

Symbols of enlightenment and awakening dharma. The artist has drawn on a crossed vajra motif, the destroyer of ignorance, as inspiration for the top panel. The victory banner was adopted by early Buddhism as an emblem of the Buddha's enlightenment, heralding the triumph of knowledge over ignorance.

It is said to have been placed on the summit of Mt. Meru by Buddha himself, symbolizing his victory over the entire universe. Meru here is believed to be the central axis supporting the. Nothing over 100 yrs is allowed to be exported from Nepal, and whilst we wouldn't claim this.

Is anything like antique, it has some age, and has been produced in a time-honoured fashion using skills handed down from generation to generation of Nepalese craftsmen. A vintage Tibetan folding prayer table. A unique artefact from the. Please look carefully at the photographs as they form part of the description.

ANTIQUE BUDDHA & SOAPSTONE LION/FU DOG FOR DISPLAY ONLY, AND NOT INCLUDED. On the home page of the listing.

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Vintage Buddhist Folding Prayer Table. Victory Flag & Snow Lion Motifs. Tibet   Vintage Buddhist Folding Prayer Table. Victory Flag & Snow Lion Motifs. Tibet