Bone prayer beads, presented by the Panchen Erdeni to the Qing court in 1780, Qing dynasty, 18th c., Tibetan work

Bone prayer beads, presented by the Panchen Erdeni to the Qing court in 1780, Qing dynasty, 18th c., Tibetan work

• Image Number: K1D000579N000000000PAC
• Dynasty: Qing dynasty
• Category: Miscellaneous objects
• Function: Magic tools, clothing and accessories
• Material: Animal/bone/
• Description:
  Tibetan works. There are 108 human bone beads, and the bone is deep. Each bone bead is lined with a thin layer of turquoise. It has coral Buddha head and Buddha head tower, and it is tied with a twist. The golden abacus beads and the silk calendered decorative pieces are used as the drop angles respectively. Put it in an old leather box. According to the inscription in the box, this piece of beads was presented by the Sixth Panchen Lama while chanting sutras at the Inner Court; Three days later, the sixth Panchen Lama died of illness in Beijing. The four characters of Han, Manchu, Mongolian and Tibetan in the box cover Li Mo: “On October 27, the forty fifth year of Qianlong’s reign (1780), the Panchen Lama Erdeni chanted sutras in the Palace of Longevity, and presented them as a prayer beads in Kabla.” Cover the yellow signature: “The Buddha Tower in the West Warm Pavilion of the Hall of Nourishing Nature”.