Wine Jar

51-4-84

From: Tibet

Curatorial Section: Asian

Object Number 51-4-84
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tibetan | Buddhist
Provenience Tibet
Date Made 1800-1935
Section Asian
Materials Brass
Technique Cast
Iconography Eight Buddhist Symbols
Description

Wine jar. Cast brass. Very low foot; globular body, the sides expanding slightly to rounded shoulder; short, vertical neck; wider mouth with vertical rim. Decoration; inverted 6 lobed cloud collar on body below six of the eight buddhist symbols in medallions.

Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Robert R. Service, 1951
Other Number M-7 - Cast Number | 45 - Other Number

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