GAU - TRAVEL AMULET WITH APOTROPAIC POWER

Gau Amulet Case and Medicine Bag, Tibet, late 19th century, silver, cloth, copper and leather, old photo of a lama inside box, medicine bag filled with shredded cloth, box 4 inches tall. Himalayan Art

Late 19thC. Very good condition, with age appropriate wear, no seam splits. the blue and blue/green turquoise cabochons are mounted with pitch on silver, with a silver inset back. Measures approx. 2 3

Dimensions: 3" (7.5cm) L,1 1/2 " (4cm) W, 4" (10cm) HProvenance: Ex E.J. Frankel, New York.18世纪藏传神龛#2

Late 19thC. Very good condition, with age appropriate wear, no seam splits. thr blue and blue/green turquoise cabochons are mounted with pitch on filigree silver, with a brass inset back. Measures app

Mid 18th to Mid 19thC. Very good condition with a fine chased design on the cut brass outer layer, attached to the copper base with copper rivets. Seam splits are noticeable when looking through the i

Dimensions: 2 1/2" (6.5cm) L,1 3/4 " (4.5cm) W, 3 1/2" (9cm) H 18世纪藏传神龛#3 Provenance

box form, approx. 2" X 2".

Mid 20thC. Silver alloy with coral, missing a center turquoise stone. Good condition, with age appropriate surface wear as shown. Total weight 50 grams. The box width: 3", H: 2 3/4". Each chain side m

Last half 20thC. Very good with no breaks, repairs or missing pieces. Fine brass work with semi-precious stones and glass. Necklace measures approx. 26". The pendant measures 2 1/2" x 2 3/4".

DESCRIPTION: Two antique vessels: one Chinese snuff bottle carved entirely of turquoise and one Tibetan gau amulet box pendant composed of copper and filigree metal adorned with turquoise inserts. CIR

Gau (amulet box), Tibet, late 19th or early 20th century, executed in silver metal, gilt, and copper, of arched form, having a glazed window framed by auspicious objects and a guardian figure in gilt

Title: Magic Amulets - Thailand 1950-1970 Description: Magic amulets - One-Two-Three headed terracotta character.These amulets power possesses great spiritual strength. It is supposed to contain a pow

An Egyptian faience multi-deity 'power' amulet, Late Period - Ptolemaic, c. 664 - 30 BC, with four images of the god Pataikos wearing elements from other deities. The god's body is depicted on each fo

This unique artifact is an amulet in the form of a bird, possibly an eagle, which measures 3cm in width. Throughout history, bird amulets have been associated with power, freedom, and transcendence, w

Ancient Egyptian Plummet Amulet 664–525 B.C. Size 21 mm. Rare Hematite stone Plummet amulet (making equilibrium) amulet that is part of the amulets of power. Condition: Minor chip otherwise perfect.

A Siver Tibetan Traveling Shrine Gau Box Tibetan amulet box Gau with two sinuous dragons and mythical beast raised in relief Silver & Copper Shrine box containing a clay statue of a Buddhist diety & Y

Two of dome-shaped body, and one of square shaped body. Rustic Tibetan Gau, is a prayer box used as a portable altar. Used by some to carry sacred relics, magical charms and medicinal herbs, and acts

silver sheet, cloth, stone, Beautiful, completely preserved example with a small stone Buddha in cloth case with lockable front panel. This amulet containers were worn around the neck like jewellry. T

Tibetan brass fortune god gau niche shrine amulet: width-5.5cm heigth-5.4cm weight-60g

10x3cm Weight: 138 grams

Silver, gilding, copper etc. Tibet, approx.19th cent. An especially effective and preciously designed amulet container gau with large semi-plastic depiction of the beloved bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara

An attractive Roman bronze double phallic amulet, 1st - 3rd Century AD, well-preserved and surmounted by a large suspension loop. 1 1/2 x 1 in (4 x 2.7 cm). Phallic amulets were popular apotropaic dev

A TIBETAN BRONZE-GILT AMULET BOX GU This amulet box (gau) used to filled with religious contents to protect the wearer as well as serve as a portable shrine. The central window of such an amulet usual

Tibetan amulet cases, gau (gawu), used to hold votive figurines to protect the wearer from misfortune and evil. They are decorated with auspicious Buddhist symbols. Brass, early 20th century., H 8.6 c