13" Old Tibetan 24K Gold Gilt King Gesar Statue 17C Start Price USD 3,999.00 Current Price USD 3,999.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Monday, November 10, 2008 End Time Wednesday, December 10, 2008 Location Tibet See more about '13" Old Tibetan 24K Gold Gilt King Gesar Statue 17C' Description olddtibetan Store 　 　 My family deal with Tibetan artworks and Chinese antiques business since from 1956 in Tibet. After graduating on 1989, I have a dream to share the old Tibetan and Chinese cultures with the people in all over the world. But for poor of the communication, Tibetan sacred art and Chinese cultures is very difficult to be available worldwide, fortunately, nowadays we have internet at least. We wish our OLDDTIBETAN online shop will bring happiness to all, who find joy in the Buddha's teachings, future Buddhas. More than 100 Tibetan scouts of our shop now are gathering old excellent Tibetan cultures objects and other Curio with Tribal culture. Through our collection, people can explore Tibetan traditional ways of life and the profound impact we have had on the Tibetan culture. Miscellaneous and Antiques crossing Tibet, Nepal and India, their collection is from temples, folks collections, and palace permitted! Our online shop on eBay will offer an even greater variety of Tibetan articles for you. Hope you will find the choicest collection in my eBay store. Best wishes and good luck.                                                       　 　 King Gesar: an epic created orally by the Tibetans long ago, covers ethnic groups, language, religion, civil affairs, literature and arts, history, politics, military, ethic, ecology and psychology, etc. Thus it is viewed as Tibetan encyclopedia. A study of the epic shows that in view of the forefathers of the Tibetans, man and nature both have souls and are equal life forms with religious dignity. It is mainly represented in following aspects, the idea of “respecting life and nature” as its core. Harmony Between Man and Nature According to Tibetan legend, sky and earth come before all other things and are source of everything. Owing to floating clouds and falling rains in the sky, all things came into their existing forms and then pass to generations endlessly. So, only by knowing nature and learning its laws, can man be united with nature where humankind exists in nature and nature exists in humankind. The forefathers of the Tibetans regarded nature as the source of human life as well as human life values. Man is part of the world and all things on the earth have their own existing value, so all of them deserve respect and protection. The ancients held that man’s acts should be beneficial to the co-existence of all things in the world. They sought for harmony in interests and value between man and nature. They also held that the relationship between man and nature should be dealt with after re-surveying and developing the “friend and partnership” elements between man and nature. According to the Birth of the Hero in King Gesar, regarding Gesar’s participation in a horse race, “after hearing the introduction from Gesar, Mother Gormo and Zhomo went to catch the horse with the help of the Heaven God, Dragon God and God Memory. When coming to the mouth of the Maolan Mountain, they found the Banna Mountain covered by wild horse herds everywhere. Some horses were wandering and some were eating grass in the valleys.” All other wild horses ran away except a Red Rabbit Horse (it became Gesar’s war horse later). It ran to Mother Gormo, “that precious horse leaned on Gesar like a child who had been separated from his mother for a long time. Gesar also fondled it gently for a long time.” From this, we can see the close ties and sincere friendship between Gesar and holy horse, and this shows the ancient Tibetan people saw the relationship between man and nature as that of a friendly partnership, so the development of man could be harmonious with the development of nature. More than 100 years ago, Engels said that one should not excessively revel in human victory over nature; for nature would surly retaliate. King Gesar also reveals a similar idea. In Conquest of the Kaqeyu Zong Tribe there is a proverb that the “white stone wall looks solid, but the red thunder can break it. Sandalwood seems have many branches but red fire can burn it.” Those proverbs warn that man should get along with nature for mutual development. 　 13" Old Tibetan 24K Gold Gilt Bronze King Gesar Statue 17C 　 　 　 　 This is an Old Tibetan 24K Gold Gilt Bronze King Gesar Statue.  As you view in the images, it was Very nicely finished and complete with many fine details. Very particular and infrequent. It is a great piece of valuable collection or a very good present. Our items are guaranteed to be authentic and bear the identification. If you are not completely satisfied, you may return your purchase for a full refund. King Gesar was born a son of supreme god Indira. In the youth, he was mischievous to the point of wickedness, unruly, but divine by nature and possessing supernature. His great antagonist was his paternal uncle, cowardly, vain and pretentious, who hoped to rule the country. The hero was banished with his mother, but his exile enabled him to build up hidden strength. He came out victorious in a horse race, whose winner was to become the country's king. Then he started to conquer the kingdom of demons, the Jiang kingdom and the Hor (northern people, Mongolian) kingdom. The war between `Ling' and Hor kingdoms was one of the central pieces in the story. The war between `Ling' and Hor started with a beautiful girl, Qomu, the queen of king Gesar. The Hor king, `white tent king', heard about her beauty, and sent a message to `Ling' king for her. Upon the refusal, Hor king sent troops to attack `Ling' kingdom. After several battles, another girl was sent to Hor king in the place of Qomu. The trickery was discovered, and battle renewed. The capital of `Ling' was captured by Hor troop with queen Qomu. King Gesar summarized all his troops and with the help of an important Hor general, captured the capital of Hor, killed the `white tent king' and rescued Qomu. In Tibetan-inhabited areas Gesar has been known as the king of the ancient Tibetan kingdom of Ling. The great hero and his brave army are kept alive in the richly imaginative retelling of the epic. From early times the epic was passed on orally (See Gesar Bards and Artists). Today a small number of woodblock preserving sections of the epic can be found in Lhasa, Xigaze and Dege County in Sichuan Province and some handwritten copies in the homes of families high and low. The Potala Palace still has a statue of Gesar, drawing pilgrims every day. Gesar was the king of Ling in the 11th century, and more of his deeds were recorded in the Kangba region than anywhere else. Handwritten and printed versions of Gesar from Dege are considered the most authoritative works, and in Dege, people still argue that the village of Ngaxu in northern Dege County was the birthplace of Gesar. Dimension   NO. HEIGHT WIDTH WEIGHT EMS TO USA h497 inches mm inches mm GRAM USD 13.4 340 8.3 210 3825 95 Material :  24K Pure Gold, Purple Bronze Condition : Good condition Date: Circa. 17th Century or earlier 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　　 　 Payment  Methods We will send eBay invoice within 24 hours of listing closed. All payment must be made in 8 business days from the date we send invoice to you. If you do have any reason can not complete your payment timely, Kindly please email me as soon as possible at olddtibetan919@gmail.com , We prefer PayPal payment methods,  credit card, personal checks, postal money order are also accepted. If you do not have a PayPal account, how to use your credit card to pay? Visit https://www.paypal.com Click Send Money at the top of the page. Enter payment information and click Continue. Enter your information to create a PayPal account and click Agree & Continue. 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