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Ashtamangala Ritual Bowl

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Name: Ashtamangala Ritual Bowl
Brand: Exotic India
SKU: ER92
Price: 260.00 USD
Availability: InStock

$299

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Specifications

	ER92
	Brass, Copper, Turquoise & Coral
	Height: 6 inch
	Width: 4.8 inch
	Depth: 4.8 inch
	Weight 500 gm

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	Returns and Exchanges accepted within 7 days
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This intricately crafted piece offers more than just visual appeal. It's a tangible connection to ancient traditions, designed to enhance spiritual practices and bring a touch of sacred beauty into your home. Perfect for personal altars, meditation spaces, or as a unique decorative item, this ritual bowl embodies artistry and intention.

The Sacred Significance of the Ashtamangala

The *Ashtamangala*, or Eight Auspicious Symbols, are a powerful suite of emblems revered in Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism. Each symbol represents a specific quality of enlightenment, prosperity, and good fortune. Their presence is believed to invoke blessings and create a harmonious environment. While the specific symbols displayed on the bowl may vary slightly, the intention remains: to invite positivity and spiritual growth. These symbols often adorn ritual objects, textiles, and architectural features. The Ashtamangala are not merely decorative; they are potent symbols of the path to enlightenment and are used to invoke blessings and protection.

Craftsmanship & Materials

This beautiful vessel is constructed from brass and copper, metals valued for their conductivity and resonance in spiritual practices. The turquoise and coral accents, meticulously set in a mosaic pattern, add a vibrant splash of color and contribute to the bowl's overall aesthetic. Turquoise, revered across many cultures, is often associated with healing, protection, and spiritual connection. Coral, another treasured gemstone, is linked to vitality and strength. Each element of this ritual bowl is thoughtfully chosen, resulting in a piece that is both beautiful and meaningful. The raised decorations are elaborately worked in detail. The piece rests on stylized feet. Finally, the piece is topped with an ornate lid.

Using Your Ritual Bowl

This ritual bowl can be used in a variety of ways: *

Offerings:

Fill the bowl with clean water, rice, flowers, or other symbolic offerings as part of your daily rituals. *

Meditation:

Place the bowl on your altar or meditation space to create a focal point and enhance the atmosphere. *

Blessings:

Use the bowl to hold blessed water or other sacred substances for purification and healing practices. *

Display:

Showcase this exquisite piece as a work of art that embodies spiritual beauty and cultural heritage. Its dimensions are approximately 6.0 inches in height, 4.8 inches in width, and 4.8 inches in depth. Its compact size allows for versatile placement within your home or sacred space.

How are Nepalese copper statues made?

Nepalese statues and sculptures are best known for their unique small religious figures and ritual paraphernalia for over two thousand years. These are mainly cast in copper alloy. Nepal draws influences from the artistic styles of Buddhism and Hinduism, and therefore the sculptors of the country specialize in making the icons of both these religions. Over the years, Nepalese sculptures evolved into their own distinctive iconography. Some characteristic features of these sculptures that differ from other pieces are exaggerated physical postures, youthful and sensual features, languid eyes, wider faces having serene expressions, and ornate flourishes. The Buddhist deity icons of Nepal have tremendous demand in countries such as China and Tibet for ritual purposes in their temples and monasteries.

Nepalese statues and sculptures have a high copper content and therefore develop a slightly reddish patina on the surface as they age. However, the most unique feature of Nepalese copper statues is their decorative detailing. The pieces are heavily gilded and sometimes inlaid with semi-precious stones. This embellishment protects them from getting tarnished. The traditional lost-wax method for casting Nepalese copper statues remains the most practiced technique in Nepal for many centuries. This process involves many steps and requires skilled artists.

The first step in lost-wax sculpting is to make a wax replica of the desired Buddhist deity to be cast in copper. This replica is created by hand and therefore needs excellent artistic skills otherwise fine features will be lacking.

Once the wax replica is made, it is then coated with a special mixture of clay with a brush. This layer of clay is hardened when left to dry. A small hole is made on the base of the wax mould so that the wax flows away when it is heated.

At this stage, a hollow mould in the shape of the deity is obtained.

This is the time to pour liquid copper into the hollow mould which is then allowed to cool and harden inside a container of cold water. When the liquid metal has hardened, the mould is removed and the statue within is revealed.

The artist works on the details of the statue using various tools. It is then polished to get a shiny and lustrous surface.

Now comes the most important part of Nepalese art which is gold gilding. This is done by the traditional fire gilding method. A mixture of mercury and 18K gold is applied on the surface of the statue and heat is applied using a flame torch. The result is that mercury evaporates along with impurities, leaving a pure 24K gold finish.

The lost-wax method of sculpting is the most preferred technique

for artists to cast a metallic statue having intricate details. Since Nepalese copper sculptures require extraneous effort for giving a majestic look by adding special embellishments, it takes several weeks to complete one masterpiece. A 24K gold gilded copper sculpture retains its brilliant luster for many years and appears as like before. Nepalese sculptures continue to remain one of the finest specimens of the art of the East that have a strong aesthetic appeal that other sculptures cannot match.