Sacrificial Container

Tibet

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The stacked sections of the base of this container contained rice and other offerings for a deity. Conceptually organized around the axis of the universe, the various levels reference different planes of existence, moving, ultimately, to the realm of celestial beings at top.

Sacrificial Container, Gilt silver, sapphires, rubies, beryl, quartz, lapis lazuli, coral, shell, and turquoise, Tibet

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Sacrificial Container, Gilt silver, sapphires, rubies, beryl, quartz, lapis lazuli, coral, shell, and turquoise, Tibet
Sacrificial Container, Gilt silver, sapphires, rubies, beryl, quartz, lapis lazuli, coral, shell, and turquoise, Tibet
Sacrificial Container, Gilt silver, sapphires, rubies, beryl, quartz, lapis lazuli, coral, shell, and turquoise, Tibet
Sacrificial Container, Gilt silver, sapphires, rubies, beryl, quartz, lapis lazuli, coral, shell, and turquoise, Tibet

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