Offering bowl cover

Description

Bowl cover of tinned copper, domed with flattened edge and dorje crest, for a skull-shaped bowl used for making offerings to Buddhist deities: India, Ladakh, Hemis Monastery, Tibetan, 19th century AD

Museum reference

A.1907.401 A

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Offering bowl cover

Production information

Hemis Monastery, Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, India, South Asia

Date

19th century

Style / Culture

Tibetan

Materials

Tinned copper

Physical description

Tinned copper

Associations

Le Mesurier Collection

Exhibitions

• Living Lands (29 Jul 2011)
  National Museum of Scotland

On display

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