i bought some similar pieces when I was in Burma mid-90s. Many were black lacquered with gold leaf.
I've posted my full skull kapala in the Antiquers For Sale forum. Details here too: http://kapalaforsale.com/[ATTACH]
I haggled for this antique full skull kapala from a wizened Tibetan in the Barkhor marketplace during one of my two trips to Lhasa, Tibet in the...
Alas, it looks like I've fallen down the rabbit hole. Not sure, even if I find a matching seal imprint, that it will identify my item in question....
I found the longest, scrolling web page of hundreds of seal imprints. I might have to do a doctoral thesis on Tibetan seals in my next...
@Roaring20s - while these are not a match, it's surprising what you can find out there:...
@Roaring20s - Via Google Images I found some similar-looking wax seal imprints that have been added to the rear of Tibetan armored plates:...
Perhaps vintage? I've just researched that 'antique' is at least 100 years old while 'vintage' is 50 years. The inlays may help determine its age.
I was hoping you'd be able to decipher the seal!
I haggled for this antique Tibetan seal from a wizened trader in the Barkhor Square in Lhasa, Tibet in the early 1990s. I've been looking...
Within the past month, I have sold on eBay two Tibetan calvarium kapalas (upper part of the skull) & two damarus (a drum made from enjoined...
Thanks for the two key words "scroll weight" and "ritual object". This should help my search.
Trying my best to figure out how to message them as they have a very restricted profile - perhaps because I'm a new member.
Wow! That's something I would have never figured out.
Thinking about its hefty weight, I'm wondering if it could in fact be a paperweight for use in reading the many scrolls found in the Tibetan...
Thanks for all the thoughts and ideas. It is very heavy at over 1.5 lbs which is unusual for a wax seal or ink stamp (possibly neither). The...
Not backwards?! Now that’s interesting. I wonder what it could be?
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] I thought I'd be able to find similar seals on eBay or etsy. But no luck. I bought this in Lhasa in the early...
I have decided to place my full skull kapala up for sale at
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