Skull-bowl with lid and stand

Made:: 1801-1900 in Tibet

maker:: Unknown

Bowl in form of skull-bowl with lid, copper, and triangular stand, brass, Tibet, 1801-1900

Details

Category:: Asian Medicine

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A51953

Materials:: copper, gold and brass (copper, zinc alloy)

Measurements:: overall: 181 mm x 188 mm x 124 mm,

type:: bowl

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Parts

Stand for skull bowl

Stand for skull bowl, not the original for this number, brass, Tibetan, 1801-1900. Triangular part symbolises the fire place on which the bowl (filled with water or tea) sits.

Measurements:: height 112 mm
length 174 mm
width 152 mm

Materials:: brass (copper, zinc alloy)

Object Number:: A51953 Pt1

type:: stand - support furniture

Bowl in form of skull-bowl with lid, copper, Tibetan, 1801-1900