Himalayan Art Resources

Item: Miscellaneous

པར་ཤིང་སྣང་བརྙན། སྣ་ཚོགས། 版画 (多种)
(item no. 57219)
Origin Location Central Asia
Date Range 700 - 799
Size 78cm (30.71in) high
Material Silver
Collection Private
Notes about the Central Figure

Classification: Object/Concept

Interpretation / Description

Silver Wine Jar with an Animal Head.

(See the article The Silver Jug of the Lhasa Jokhang: A Reply to the Article by Amy Heller in Silk Road Art and Archaeology. Ulrich von Schroeder & Joachim G. Karsten. The Silver Jug of the Lhasa Jokhang: Some Observations on silver objects and costumes from the Tibetan Empire (7th-9th century. Amy Heller).

Secondary Images

View other items in the Thematic Set: Tibet: Tsuglakang Temple, Lhasa (Visual Dharma)