An antique 19th Century or eearlier (much earlier) tsakli painting in mineral pigments and burnished gold, depicting a gold 'All Victorious Vase' (Sanskrit: vijaya kalasa). which is used during empowerment rituals, such as the creation of a sand mandala, or the laying of the foundation of a monastery etc, as tyhe central deity vase of the mandala. Its bulbous body is adorned like a deity with a silk brocade apron symbolising the activities of the 5 Buddhas. This central vase is crowned with a conch shell containing water which symbolises the essence of he mandala's deities. Below this is a burnished gold dorje, and above oit a peacock feather - it's 'eye' symbolises the wisdom of the 5 Buddhas. 15 lines of text in 2 different 'hands' to the reverse10.1 x 11.7cm