Holy Water Vase
Offering Vase (uncertain)
51-4-34
From: Tibet
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 51-4-34 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Tibetan | Buddhist |
| Provenience | Tibet |
| Date Made | 15th Century - 1935 |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Bronze |
| Iconography | Jewel | Lotus |
| Description | Holy water vase. Perhaps an offering vase to which the cover of a holy water vase has been added. Bronze. High foot, maximum diameter of body below the middle, upper body contracts sharply to cylindrical neck; wide, overhanging cover with small mouth in center. Flaming jewel in triangular medallion on opposite sides of body; lotus petals on cover. |
| Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. Robert R. Service, 1951 |
| Other Number | 208 - Other Number | 1451 14 uncertain - Other Number |
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