Jar
51-4-86
From: Tibet
Curatorial Section: Asian
Object Number | 51-4-86 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Tibetan |
Provenience | Tibet |
Section | Asian |
Materials | Copper |
Technique | Cast |
Description | Said to be for brewing wine or beer. Cast copper. Low foot, ovoid-shaped body, shoulder sloping to short neck which contracts to outturned rim of wider mouth; small cylindrical spout from body just above base. Relief decoration; cloud collar around neck; on body, 8 Buddhist symbols with below them in front, a holy water vase case in a square plaque. |
Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. Robert R. Service, 1951 |
Other Number | 120 - Other Number |
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