Tea Brewing Cauldron
51-4-90
From: Tibet
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 51-4-90 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Tibetan | Buddhist |
| Provenience | Tibet |
| Date Made | 15th Century - 1935 |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Copper |
| Technique | High Relief | Low Relief |
| Iconography | Eight Buddhist Symbols |
| Description | Large cauldron. Copper. Rounded base, vertical sides with narrow flange at middle; high, outturned rim with incurved edge. Decoration: 8 Buddhist symbols shown in peculiar way: 3 panels of 2 symbols each in high relief, 2 panels of 1 symbol each in very low relief. For brewing buttered tea. |
| Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. Robert R. Service, 1951 |
| Other Number | 103 - Other Number |
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