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Gilt-bronze portable shrine with a figure of Akshobhya (the Buddha seated in lotus position)

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Gilt-bronze portable shrine with a figure of Akshobhya (the Buddha seated in lotus position)

Height: 3.8cm, shrine length: 2.8cm, shrine width: 2cm, weight: 38.3g

This shrine for a statue of Buddha is “Gau” (functioned as a personal talisman for men) in Tantrism (Esoteric Buddhism), contains a figure of the Buddha Akshobhya seated in lotus position. It was discovered alongside hairpins, suggesting it may have been worn as an ornament on a hat.