Wine Jug
51-4-85
From: Tibet
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 51-4-85 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Tibetan | Buddhist |
| Provenience | Tibet |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Copper |
| Iconography | Jewels | Vajra? | Swastika |
| Description | Wine jug. Copper with green patina. High ring base, globular body, shoulder sloping to very short neck; wider mouth with vertical rim. Two holes in base suggest it was intended to be carried with sling strap. Relief decoration on body: Four sacred patterns, only two of which are decipherable - swastika and three jewels; another may be intended for vajras. |
| Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. Robert R. Service, 1951 |
| Other Number | 192 - Collector Number | CG94-1-1 uncertain - Found in Collection Number |
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