Nepali Gau Box with Coral and Lapis Lazuli antique_bracelet the crystal

the crystal

The bale is adorned with

Dark green jade thunderbird or eagle pendant

For us and our sources it was not possibleto decifer what exactly is written

This ring has quite some weight

Nepali Gau Box with Coral and Lapis Lazuli antique_bracelet the crystal800 silver gau (also spelled Ghau or Gao) prayer box pendant adorned with a lapis lazuli in the centerand smaller corals on the bales. The back depicts a double dorje. This prayer box, onceopenable at the backside, is now not openable anymoreand is sealed. This kind of amulets are used to hold and carry powerful amuletic objects. As used in Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan, and Mongolia, the Gau box usually contains a written prayer or a sacred yantra diagram