Ancient figurine

[Pecheneg]

The state wants the best .. you do not specify the material, the height of the statues ...
But apparently the bone material? .., Height about 5 cm and the bottom should be a hole ...
Netsuke - shows the Ape.

[Сергей Иванович]

Material-stone. Height 10 sm.Otversty no bottom flat.

[Amateur]

The most detailed advice you could give a "Museum of the resort city of Sochi." In his exposition there is such a partition as "Archaeological Sites of Sochi region." Their e-mail: museumsochi@rambler.ru

[Сергей Иванович]

2009 at 21:51
Statue depicts Teyya ("Tay" - "Snow sheytan", or "snow chlovek", was considered a side branch of the legendary ancestor of the Tibetan people - "the king of the monkeys"). "King Monkey" - the holy ancestors of the Tibetan people, according to the Tibetan writing of the XIV century. "Bright Mirror royal bloodlines", authored by sakyassky Lama Bsod Gyaltsan was monkey-pupil Avalokity (Avalokiteshvara - one of the incarnations of Buddha - Sakya Muni). This monkey has been sent to Tibet Avalokitoy for contemplation, where the achieved status of a Bodhisattva: This is the degree of the Buddha - the Perfect, who did not leave the world, lost in Nirvana, but stayed on the ground, and can act as a deity - over time and space. Here in Tibet, King-monkey-Bodhisattva has to seduce Mountain Witch. Avalokita advised Monkey Bodhisattva to marry her, that blessed from heaven Goddess Tanning and Tara. From this marriage were born six monkeys, a diverse group: one pair of them looked like the animals-monkeys - hairy and menacing (our case!), One - per person, and one - on the gods. Gradually, the offspring of these monkeys atrophied tails and disappeared wool, and they were forced to make clothing to keep her warm.
In the Hermitage terracotta statuettes of monkeys - the ancestors of Tibetans found in Khotan. This stone statue of a more archaic, and with marked mongoloid facial features department (analog may serve on the famous stele Orhonte with mongoloid face VII-VIII cc.). The manner of transfer of wool on this stone statue, and posture - like terracotta of Khotan.

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