Traditional cloth scroll paintings (thangkas). Buchen thangkas are primarily narrative, visually telling / illustrating key scenes from edifying stories of saints and Deloks. Three thangkas
A narrative thangka illustrating a Buchen story, perhaps of Nangsa Odbum Mid 18th century
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Size 890 x 700 mm. Age, perhaps 150 years old. Well used object with staining and substantial holes and tears to the cloth. Very poor condition. One Thangka The material is owned by Tsuldim Zangmo and her daughter Karma Tsomo and was been handed down from Tsudim''s uncle Meme Tenzin Lotey. All ...
Probably a medicine Buddha thangka Mid 18th century
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Size 880 x 530 cm. Age, perhaps 150 years old. Well used object with staining and some holes and tears to the cloth. Very poor condition. One Thangka The material is owned by Tsuldim Zangmo and her daughter Karma Tsomo and was been handed down from Tsudim''s uncle Meme Tenzin Lotey. All the mat...
Image (Melong) size 560 x 375 mm. Full mounted size 930 x 450 mm. Age, perhaps 150 years some tears and fading. One Thangka The material is owned by Tsuldim Zangmo and her daughter Karma Tsomo and was been handed down from Tsudim''s uncle Meme Tenzin Lotey. All the materials in the archive are ...
Statue: Kunda (Wylie sku ’dra) སྐུ་འདྲ Mid 18th century
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An old clay statue of Tangtong Gyalpo, wrapped in a white Katak pierced with a trident headed skewer. Beautiful simple face. 247 mm high. TTG is seated on a lotus throne holding an iron chain in one hand and a long life vase in the other. The face is simple unpainted clay but the rest of the sta...
Statue: Kunda (Wylie sku ’dra) སྐུ་འདྲ Early 19th century
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A silver faced statue of Tangtong Gyalpo with a brass detail on the forehead, wrapped in modern silk cloth with tasselled fringes and pierced with a trident headed skewer. The topknot and back of the head is copper. The finely worked body is a mixture of copper and silver seated on a brass lotus...
Conch / (Dharma) conch: Chö dun (Wylie chos dung) ཆོས་དུང Mid 18th century
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An undecorated conch shell 130 mm long. One Conch The material is owned by Tsuldim Zangmo and her daughter Karma Tsomo and was been handed down from Tsudim''s uncle Meme Tenzin Lotey. All the materials in the archive are kept within the prayer room of the house.
Prayer wheel: Mane Lhakor (Wylie maNi lag bskor) མ་ཎི་ལག་བསྐོར Mid 18th century
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A very fine old prayer wheel, with a wooden handle. Total length 310mm, the box itself is 50 mm high and 81 mm wide mm wide and is finely worked in silver, displaying eight auspicius symbols with Langsa script with an brass striker. The wooden handle, 178mm long, is topped with silver and has a ...
Wooden Box: Tengam (Wylie rten sgam) རྟེན་སྒམ Mid 19th century
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An old wooden box in good condition complete with lock and carrying strap. Undecorated, with iron fixings for carrying strap. 415 x 395 x 255 mm. One Wooden Box The material is owned by Tsuldim Zangmo and her daughter Karma Tsomo and was been handed down from Tsudim''s uncle Meme Tenzin Lotey. ...