Dolma

• A 1910 Tibetan ghau, worked in silver and brass repoussé. Inside, a small clay figure sits in meditation.
• Comes with its original quilted carrying case, the kind that lets it be slung across a shoulder for a long walk.
• High - 12cm
• Wide -10cm
• Deep - 3cm

A ghau is a portable shrine, carried by pilgrims across Tibet and Nepal, holding a fragment of prayer flag or a small clay tsatsa for protection on the road. This one holds Maitreya, the Buddha still to come, still waiting his turn. It's carried him, and someone, for over a hundred years, slung across a shoulder for distances we'll never quite know. 

Worth noting this piece comes from Tibet rather than Rajasthan, a different thread in the same tapestry we're drawing from. 

One of one. When it's gone, it's gone.

Too antique to be worn. Sits best somewhere it can be seen daily, a shelf or a desk, the kind of object you look at rather than past.

Handle the glass panel gently, it's original and irreplaceable. Keep the silk case for storage. A soft, dry cloth for the silver, nothing more.