Broken silver offering bowl (matched with t-65)

Museum number:
9-21914a,b
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
BY.T-99 (previous number) and T-99 (original number)
Description:
Items T-65 and T-99 are a matched set. These are silver offering bowls that are used to offer food or fruit on an altar. They are decorated on four sides with four medallions upon which are four auspicious animals, eight auspicious signs and eight royal attributes. The base of this bowl is broken off. There is no damage to either the bowl or the base. The brake is simple a loss of cohesion in the solder bead and can be readily repaired. Similar items: T-65, T-86, T-87, T-99.
Collection place:
Tibet
Verbatim coll. place:
Tibet
Collector:
Theos C. Bernard
Materials:
Silver (metal)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowls (vessels)
Production date:
19th-20th century
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Comment:
Note: The photographer mistakenly included the broken base of T-99 with pot T-95 in her photograph.
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Broken silver offering bowl (matched with t-65), accession number 9-21914a,b, described as Items T-65 and T-99 are a matched set. These are silver offering bowls that are used to offer food or fruit on an altar. They are decorated on four sides with four medallions upon which are four auspicious animals, eight auspicious signs and eight royal attributes. The base of this bowl is broken off. There is no damage to either the bowl or the base. The brake is simple a loss of cohesion in the solder bead and can be readily repaired. Similar items: T-65, T-86, T-87, T-99.

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