Wine Jar

51-4-87

From: Tibet

Curatorial Section: Asian

Object Number 51-4-87
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tibetan | Buddhist
Provenience Tibet
Date Made 15th Century - 1935
Section Asian
Materials Copper
Technique Cast | Relief
Iconography Eight Buddhist Symbols
Description

Wine jar. Cast copper. Low foot, ovoid-shaped body, shoulder sloping to short vertical neck; heavy, wider, vertical rim. Relief decoration; cloud collar pattern including band of wavemotif above 8 Buddhist symbols. Very fine workmanship.

Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Robert R. Service, 1951
Other Number 194 - Other Number

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