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Hearst Museum object titled Offering bowl, accession number 9-21940, described as Offering bowl, usually found in sets of seven or eight.
Hearst Museum object titled Offering bowl, accession number 3-23182, described as Pottery bowl; out turned rim; upper half wall verticle and smooth; lower half rough slanting inward to flat base; undecorated; wheel turned. H 5.5 cm, base diameter 3.7 cm, rim diameter 10.7 cm. See 25-3500-01. See field notes in acc. envelope
Hearst Museum object titled Offering bowl, accession number 9-21800, described as One of 52 Small Brass Offering Bowls of approximately the same size.They 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-17 and T-115See: Photo T-16
Hearst Museum object titled Offering bowl, accession number 9-21818, described as One of 52 Small Brass Offering Bowls of approximately the same size.They 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-17 and T-115See: Photo T-16
Hearst Museum object titled Offering bowl, accession number 9-21822, described as One of 52 Small Brass Offering Bowls of approximately the same size.They 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-17 and T-115See: Photo T-16
Hearst Museum object titled Offering bowl, accession number 5-13449, described as offering bowl; held in the outstretched arms of standing female; 3 additional carved female figures seated on mound-like base; black-painted bowl has single upside-down human head in relief on one side; large female figure is red w/ white geom. designs; black hair; smaller figures are painted red w/ black hair; h. 96.5 cm.
Hearst Museum object titled Offering bowl, accession number 9-21835, described as One of 52 Small Brass Offering Bowls of approximately the same size.They 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-17 and T-115See: Photo T-16
Hearst Museum object titled Offering bowl, accession number 9-21851, described as Brass offering bowl, probably from a set of seven.
Hearst Museum object titled Offering bowl, accession number 9-21846, described as One of 52 Small Brass Offering Bowls of approximately the same size.They 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-17 and T-115See: Photo T-16
Hearst Museum object titled Offering bowl, accession number 9-21904, described as Items T-86 and T-87 are a matched set. These are silver offering bowls that are used to offer food or fruit on an altar. They are decorated on three sides with three medallions upon which are offerings to the senses--a mirror symbolizing beautiful images, a piwang (guitar) symbolizing beautiful sounds, and a conch symbolizing delicious comestibles. Similar items: T-65, T-86, T-87, T-99

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