Nepalese Cuff with Lotus Motif and Om Mantra

A flowing open cuff with a small red-brown medallion at its peak.

This sterling silver cuff with a lotus motif and the Om mantra is from Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. The lotus is widely used in Buddhist and Hindu art as an emblem of purity, since it rises clean from muddy water. A bright metal band that curves up at the middle into a shaped front with twisted rope borders. A flower-shaped medallion with script marks sits on a reddish-brown ground, flanked by two spirals of openwork wire. The inside is plain and smooth.

It has curves, wire and manners.