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.
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, brass (copper, zinc alloy) and incomplete
- Measurements:
-
overall: 181 mm x 188 mm x 124 mm,
- type:
- bowl
Parts
Skull-bowl with lid
Bowl in form of skull-bowl with lid, copper, Tibetan, 1801-1900
- Measurements:
-
overall: 181 mm x 188 mm x 124 mm,
- Materials:
- incomplete , copper and gold
- Object Number:
- A51953 Pt2
- type:
- bowl
