Seal with mantra in vartu script, Ming dynasty (1368–1644), probably Yongle period (1403–24), China, Ivory and iron inlaid with

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Seal with mantra in vartu script, Ming dynasty (1368–1644), probably Yongle period (1403–24), China, Ivory and iron inlaid with gold, H. 2 in. ( cm); W. 1 1/8 in. ( cm), Ivories, Vartu is one of the scripts developed in India for writing religious texts. It was also used in Tibet. The invocation on this Chinese seal reads a ra pa ca na. It is dedicated to one the forms of the bodhisattva Manjushri (Wenshu), who symbolizes wisdom

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