EditorialThe blue cloth hat is called Tendrel Usha and is worn by a Drukpa (school of Buddhism) lama on certain auspicious occasions such as holidays and processions.
EditorialCeremonial butter lamps made of solid gold are rare and usually of a copper alloy or silver. Today they are fuelled with vegetable oil rather than butter. The lighting of butter lamps is one of the most common means of increasing one's merit. H: 21,5 cm.
EditorialPart of the tack for the royal horse, this bridle and bridle plate are embellished with gold-plated silver intricately worked in tendrils, dragon, phoenix and jachung, (a mythic animal often associated in Bhutan with Guru Rinpoche). H: 48 cm.
EditorialPrajnaparamita-book that contains a well known philosophical text of Mahayana, or " Greater Vehicle" Buddhism. Buddhism came to Bhutan from India and its texts were translated from Sanskrit into Tibetan. Wood, sheet copper, silk cloth 24 x 69 cm.
EditorialThe raven crown of Jigme Namgyel (1825-1881). It was worn as a helmet by the father of the first king Ugyen Wangchuck in the 1865 war against the British and is the model for the future royal crowns of Bhutan, named after the raven-headed deity Legon J...
EditorialPart of the tack for the royal horse, this bridle and bridle plate are embellished with gold-plated silver intricately worked in tendrils, dragon, phoenix and jachung, (a mythic animal often associated in Bhutan with Guru Rinpoche). H: 48 cm.