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For your consideration, you are viewing a handmade Tibetan copper coin bottle that has been handcrafted in Nepal at the Tibetan Refugee Camp in Patan, in the Kathmandu valley, it has an incredible mystic appeal from an ancient world, using two genuine Tibetan Copper Coins. When the Tibetans fled from the Chinese takeover in the 1950s, they sought refuge by travelling overland into neighbouring countries, however, they soon found that their coins were now worthless. The Tibetan people cleverly recycled these coins to make these charming Khol (charcoal eyeliner) bottles so that, they could exchange them for currency in their new country. Today, there are no Tibetan coins, so these bottles are made with Bhutanese coins. The Tibetans say that when you blow a wish into the bottle and cork it quickly, the wish will come true.
Each bottle is made from two coins that have been pounded round and fixed together to make a pod, then edged with silver metal and decorated around the top with silver filagree wire and inlaid with small pieces of glass red coral and blue turquoise. The stopper top has been inlaid with a turquoise coloured stone with a metal link chain that is attached to fixed links on both sides. It has a fixed copper scooper spoon, that fits inside the top opening of the bottle.
In Western and European countries, these bottles are used as pendants or as a charm. You would need a chain (or leather strap) you will also need to add a couple of jump rings to add to the fixed side links on either side of the bottle, as the stopper will not stay in the bottle if you attach your pendant chain to the stopper chain. Many people fill them with solid balm perfumes (not perfume oils as they leak)
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TIBET is an autonomous region located in China, up high on the Tibetan plateau, to the north of the Himalayan Mountains. Originally an independent country (1912 until 1951), and it is also known as the "The Roof of the World". The Tibetan people, language, and culture are distinctly different from China and its bordering countries of Nepal, Bhutan and Indian but it has been influenced by all. The indigenous Tibetan religion was combined with Buddhism, but this religion is also found in the regions surrounding the Himalayas and much of Central Asia. It originates from the later Indian Buddhism which preserves the "Tantric status quo of eighth-century India."
CONDITION: This copper coin bottle was handmade in the refugee camp in Patan, Nepal, the coins are genuine old Tibetan and as such the detail is quite worn, it is new old stock that I have had stored from the 1990s and it is in Good Condition. All the inlaid glass coral and glass turquoise pieces are firmly attached. # Please note: The Photographs form part of the description; Super-sized photos can show up the finer details and condition.
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WEIGHT & MEASUREMENTS: The item is measured in both centimetres and inches. All measurements are approximate only.
- WEIGHT: 12 gm. approximately unpacked.
- HEIGHT: 3.8 cm / 1.49 inch (INCLUDING BOTTLE TOP)
- WIDTH: 3 cm / 1.18" (AT THE WIDEST SECTION IN THE MIDDLE )
- DEPTH: 1.5 cm / 0.59" (AT THE WIDEST SECTION IN THE MIDDLE )
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