Mongolian Shaman Mirror Töli – Japanese Dragon Ryu (early 20th century)

Mongolian Shaman Mirror Töli – Japanese Dragon Ryu (early 20th century)

Töli ritual mirror from Mongolia, dating from the early 20th century . This sacred object is decorated with a Japanese dragon Ryu in relief – identifiable by its atrophied wings and three clawed fingers .

Used in shamanic rituals of divination, protection and healing , this mirror also features four enigmatic square symbols embossed around its edge.

Historical Hypothesis: Given that this mirror is from Mongolia but features a stylized Japanese Ryu dragon, it is plausible that it was produced in a border area or in the early 20th century , during a time of increased Japanese influence in Manchuria and Central Asia.

• Dimensions: approx. 13 cm in diameter
  Weight: approximately 250 grams.
• Material: antique bronze
• Condition: authentic patina, visible signs of age
• Origin: Mongolia (border area, period of Japanese influence)
  When a mirror crosses the steppes, it reflects not just faces… but souls. This Töli, engraved with a traveling dragon, seems to whisper the echoes of a time when borders fluttered in the winds of empires.
  Ryu—the three-clawed winged dragon—is not at home on the Mongolian plateaus… and yet, he watches over them, wrapped around an invisible world. The shaman who carried this mirror may also have carried a war of influences: that of the Mongolian sky, and that of the winds coming from the East.
  An object for travelers of the mind, exorcists of silence, friends of the wind.

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