Gandhanra Acient Gau Ghau Shrine of Amitayus, Amitabha,Old Tibetan Buddhist Altar Amulet Pendant,80 years old

❤This Amitabha Gau box shrine was collected from Gengqing Monastery,Tibet,it's antique mini buddhist alter pandent amulet. There are flowers and other ritual carved on front. An old handmade Tsa Tsa Mold Buddha statue of Amitabha inside it,and other relics for storage. Two small bags on both sides of the leather cord also contain holy relics. You can make it into a necklace,or just put it on your desk,as an altar. ❤DETAILS 100% Handmade Pendant material:copper,brass Size: Height:60mm / 2.36inch Width: 45mm / 1.77inch Thickness: 18mm / 0.7inch ❤Gau Shrine: A "Gau" or "Ghau" is a Tibetan Buddhist amulet container or prayer box, usually made of metal like silver, brass, copper or gold, and can be worn as jewellery if small enough. They are portable shrines that opens to a concealed inner space, and is traditionally used by Tibetan Buddhists to hold a picture of their favourite diety or Lama, a folded up scroll of sacred mantras, special herbs or sacred relics, and prayer flags. - This Tibetan Gau Portable Shrine can be worn hanging from the neck or from a waist sash or belt. ❤About Amitayus Amitayus (Of Infinite Life), a deity associated with rites that would ensure a long life. Amitayus is closely connected with Amitabha, the Buddha of infinite Light, and in some texts the two names are used interchangeably for the same deity. Here, Amitayus is seated in a meditative posture, his hands cradling a vase (kalasha) containing the elixir of immortality (amrita) and leaves of the ashoka tree, which symbolize "a long life." The enthroned deity is flanked by two standing attendants, the bodhisattvas Padmapani (on his right) and Mahastharnaprapta (a form of Vajrapani, on his left). Amitayus appears within the trilobe arch of a temple whose superstructure (shikhara) rises above the attendant bodhisattvas in receding tiers, and is then surmounted by a shrine enclosing a Buddha in bhumisparsha mudra, the earth-touching gesture, a reference to the historical Buddha's enlightenment. Streamers arranged in an even scrollin