Object name: Bronze offering bowl / Object class: Bowls (vessels) / Collection place: Tibetan Plateau - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

Start Over Object name Bronze offering bowl Object class Bowls (vessels) Collection place Tibetan Plateau

Hearst Museum object titled Bronze offering bowl, accession number 9-21953, described as Here is one bronze offering bowl. Offering bowls are used for making daily offerings to the images of Buddha, Dharma and Sangha on a Buddhist altar. Normally seven bowls are offered on an altar. They are typically filled with water, but the water symbolizes the seven offerings: water for drinking, water for washing, anointments, flowers, incense, lamps, and food.See also T-16, T-17, T-115, T-116.