A Large Bronze Kapala-Form Ritual Cauldron

TIBET, 17TH CENTURY

Details

A Large Bronze Kapala-Form Ritual Cauldron
Tibet, 17th Century
Decorated on the interior rim with an incised band depicting the Eight Auspicious Symbols interspersed with a Tibetan mantra and donor inscription, the center of the bowl bearing the inscription Ohm Dza Ah Ram Hum
28 3/8 x 24½ x 10¼ in. (72 x 62 x 26 cm.)

Literature

Exhibition catalogue, Monasterios y lamas del Tibet, Madrid, Fundación "La Caixa", 2000, p. 114, cat. no. 46.
Exhibition catalogue, Rituels tibétains: Visions secrétes du Ve Dalaï Lama, Paris, Musée national des Arts asiatiques-Guimet, 2002, p. 139, cat. no. 93.

Exhibited

Madrid, Fundación "La Caixa", Monasterios y lamas del Tibet, cat. no. 46, November 2000-January 2001.
Paris, Musée national des Arts asiatiques-Guimet, Rituels tibétains: Visions secrètes du Ve Dalaï Lama, cat. no. 93, November 2002-February 2003.

Lot Essay

The interior inscription has been translated as: This vessel of natural medicinal copper, because of the inseparable unity of wisdom and skillful means, was commissioned by the family of Rinchen Gyaltsen, both uncle and nephew, in order to support the life of Lhamo Paldzom; by this virtue may all beings attain enlightenment.

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