Jar
51-4-83
From: Tibet
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 51-4-83 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Tibetan | Buddhist |
| Provenience | Tibet |
| Date Made | 1800-1935 |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Brass |
| Technique | Lost Wax Casting |
| Iconography | Eight Buddhist Symbols | Lion | Lion Cub |
| Description | Jar. Antique. Cast brass, by lost wax method. Ring base, nearly straight sides expanding slightly to high rounded shoulder, extremely short neck with inturned rim. Indecipherable Chinese character in base. 8 Buddhist symbols in very naturalistic way; also lion and cub in Chinese style (Cf. 51-4-82). |
| Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. Robert R. Service, 1951 |
| Other Number | 145 L99 - Other Number | 7 - Other Number |
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