offering-strips

paint on paper
Tibet or Mongolia, around 1900 AD.
size each strip: ca. 8,5 x 45 cm.

These eight strips belonged to a larger set and were meant to hang on the wall during ceremonies. Very nice and interesting drawings!

from left to right:
bowl with jewels and coins; different silks and textiles
the Saptaratna
rolls of silk; bowl with jewels and nakula; textiles in front of tiger- and pantherskin
three bowls with offerings (Five Senses?)
sea creatures; small animals
Astamangala and symbols of the King, in a palace
large animals
flying animals