Antique Tibetan Thogchag Superb Quality Genuine Rare early 19th century

  

Thogchags are a major part of Tibetan heritage, a valuable indicator of Tibetan history and culture that is quickly disappearing. Highly prized by Tibetans, Thogchags are traditionally worn for protection and good luck. In the pre-Buddhist Bon religion were used in rituals to dispel evil and attract good fortune. In the last 20 years thogchags have become highly collectable and are now rarely available.

Thogchags are Tibetan talismans made of bronze and meteoric metals, Sky iron, dating as far back as the Bronze Age. While precise dates for the Tibetan Bronze Age have yet to be formulated, archaeological evidence from various sites around the country indicate that it started around the beginning of the Second Millennium BCE. An unbroken tradition of producing amulets extends into the Iron Age and Buddhist periods creating a cultural legacy thousands of years old.

Thogchags are objects representing a wide range of functions, provenances and chronologies. Included among them are materials that were originally utilitarian items but which came to assume a talismanic function in subsequent centuries. Most thogchags were designed as amulets to be worn or to adorn sacred objects. Genuine Rare Antique Spiritual item. 100% Guaranteed Antique hand made using ancient technology.

Rare High energy, bronze zodiac dating back to early 19. Superior quality alloy, rarely seen thickness and highly collectable item. A beautiful piece, very smooth to touch, all the calendar characters visible.

On the back a very. Can attached to a cord and worn as as a pendant. Tibetan Lama used and blessed.

The real significance of these talismans - art and antique value aside - is that they provide a deep insight into the origins and character of Tibetan civilization and its links with contemporary cultures. Save for cave art, no other aspect of the material culture reveals the historical development of Tibet as well as thogchags. Comparative study of artifacts from adjacent cultures and their stylistic and symbolic metallurgic analysis has permitted the development of chronology of thogchags. Thogchags have a close association with indigenous Tibetan religious beliefs and their practitioners and form a very important part of the country's pre-Buddhist and Buddhist heritage. Animal designs recalls the sacred status of animals in Tibetan culture.

Texts and oral accounts show that indigenous deities are closely associated with animals such as the yak and sheep. Among the indigenous deities that manifest as animals are yul lha deities of specific locales, dra lha (warrior deities) and menmo (female nature spirits). Tibetans regards meteoric iron as the supreme substance for forging the physical representation of the Vajra and Thogchags. It was believed that these amulets had been tempered by the celestial gods before falling to earth. Beer describes the metal falling from space as a metaphor for the indivisibility of form and emptiness. Many meteorite fragments can be found in Tibet due to its high altitude and open landscape but the science of using in in Thogchags is a lost art. Genuine antique Tibetan religious and cultural artefacts from old Tibetans and Tibetan Lama living in exile in Nepal. Few small businesses and families benefit from our commitment specially these difficult times with no tourism.

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1. Region of Origin: Tibetan