Nepalese Mandala Printing Block
Product ID: A1105-114
$2,495.00
About this piece
A mandala, carved in reverse, ready to print itself.
Nepalese carvers made this mandala printing block in wood in the late 19th or early 20th century. Carved blocks like this were commonly used to print mandalas and other sacred diagrams on cloth or paper. A circular design, divided into concentric rings and ornamented with fine scrolling, fills the block, with a plain square margin around it. The wood is dark and polished with old ink and handling. The carving is cut in relief, so the pattern would print the right way around.
About ten inches tall and eight wide. It works as art on its own, which is not what it was for.
