BY.T-115a-f (previous number) and T-115a-f (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.4737
Description:
Set of six small bronze offering bowls. 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-16, T-17, T-116See: Photo T-16
Donor:
Estate of G. Eleanore Murray, Estate of Theos C. Bernard, and Theos C. Bernard
Collection place:
Tibet
Verbatim coll. place:
Tibet
Collector:
Theos C. Bernard
Materials:
Bronze (metal)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bowls (vessels)
Production date:
18th-20th century
Accession date:
March 12, 2004
Context of use:
The 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 9-21799-9-21850, 9-21851-9-21853, 9-21937a-f, See: Photo T-16