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G’au (Prayer Box)

གའུ།

G’au (Prayer Box)

གའུ།

Two-piece wooden G’au with painted three-eyed wrathful deity on the outside. Inside are three carved vignettes of deities, painted gold. Top vignette: many-armed, many-faced deity with horns and consort atop a lotus base. Bottom left vignette: six-armed deity standing atop an elephant upon a lotus. Bottom right vignette: two-armed wrathful deity standing atop an animal on a lotus base.

Dimensions: 4" x 3 3/4" x 1 1/2"

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