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Tibetan Silver Offering Pot browse these categories for related items... All Items: Archives: Regional Art: Asian: Indian Subcontinent: Himalayas: Pre 1920: item # 705572 Please refer to our stock # 16436 when inquiring.
Himalayan Antiques By Appointment Ipswich, Massachusetts 01938 Guest Book sold |
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Covered pots like this are used to hold offerings and are usually found on Tibetan altars, either in a domestic shrine room or in a monastery. This pot is decorated with eight kirtimukha faces, four on the lid and four on the base. The Kirtimukha or face of majesty is a mythological creature so ravenously hungry that it devoured its own body. It is depicted with only a face and hands and with strings of gems hanging from its mouth. It is considered to be a protector guardian. The pot is four inches high. It is topped with a pure coral bead. It is of a heavy gauge silver and weighs 9.1 ounces. |
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