Vessel in the Form of a Skull Cup
Shaped like the upper portion of a human skull, this metal vessel was made for tantric Buddhist rituals involving the use of a skull cup to prepare and consume a sacred liquid identified with the nectar of enlightened bliss. Three feet in the form of skulls support the vessel;...
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15399
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object
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normalized
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Acquired by Ian Alsop; purchased by John and Berthe Ford, Baltimore, June 10 1970; given to Walters Art Museum, 2016.
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CC0
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en
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5
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Medium
copper alloy
Genre
cups (drinking vessels)
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