Scull bowl "kapala" with lid and stand · Tibet · ID: 3046120
sold
EUR 500
Size
H: 23 cm
B: 18,5 cm
H: 9.1 inch
B: 7.3 inch
Description
three-part, human skull, lid with “vajra” knob, stand with skull motif, each made of silver sheet with hammered ornamental decor, skull bowl lined with silver, rep. (knob)
In Tibetan monasteries it is used symbolically to hold flat bread, bakery “torma” and wine instead of blood and flesh as offerings to wrathful deities, such as the ferocious “Dharmapala”.