Ritual Object - Bowl, Scullcup
(item no. 73054)

1800 - 1899

Himalayan Region

Buddhist Lineage

Bronze

Collection of Private


 
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Skullcup (Skt. kapala): the top of a skull, referring to a bowl made from the top of the human skull and used for specific ritual services related to the wrathful deities of Anuttarayoga Tantra. The skull represents emptiness, the body without a soul - egolessness.

Jeff Watt, 12-2005


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