Leaves of fragrant white sandalwood with veins in the shape of a mystical Tibetan characTibetin a leather box, Qianlong reign (1736-1795), Qing dynasty

Leaves of fragrant white sandalwood with veins in the shape of a mystical Tibetan characTibetin a leather box, Qianlong reign (1736-1795), Qing dynasty

• Image Number: K1D000560N000000000PAB
• Dynasty: Qing dynasty
• Category: Miscellaneous objects
• Function: Miscellaneous apparatus
• Material: Plants/wood/white sandalwood
• Description:
  The characters of white sandalwood branches and leaves are collected and stored in a rectangular lacquered box, and the brown dry leaves, two branches and leaves and bark are wrapped in yellow paper. There are five characters in the yellow paper, namely Om, Ba, Da, Hung and Rua, in the black book. The white fabric in the box cover can be seen in the four characters of Chinese, Manchu, Mongolian and Tibetan in ink; In Chinese, he said, “In the 14th year of Qianlong’s reign, Zhang Jia Hu Tu Ketuqin gave an edict that since the Brahmaputra Monastery in Amdor invited the Great Sage Tsongkhapa to be born, the umbilical cord was cut and the blood dripping place was naturally generated, and there were words like” Fanom “and” Big Benefit White Sandalwood bark, flower and leaf “. It is reported that this white sandalwood tree still exists today.