A TANTRIC BUDDHIST MALA ROSARY NECKLACE WITH CAST AND INCISED METAL BEADS
Tibet or Nepal, Himalayas, 20th century

With fourty-nine (49) cast faceted metal beads of slightly increasing size, possibly made of a mixture of copper alloys and high-zinc white metals, incised with geometric motifs, auspicious beaded patterns usually employed to ward off the 'evil eye', dotted and cross-hatched designs, all strung on a black cotton string with wooden toggle and loop clasp.

24.5cm long

289gr.