Vase
About this object
Cultural context
Fountain vase, used in Buddhist temple near Buddha.
Physical description
Wooden vase with rounded shoulder and base and eight lobed segments. Decorated with gold lacquered birds and chrysanthemums with glass ? inset at the centres of each flower. Motifs of lotus, cranes, and fish are engraved on the top of the brass cover. Two pink and off-white blossoms, one green seed pod, four green lotus leaves, and one green arrow-shaped leaf, each with a long and bumbpy stem, are inserted into holes in the covering, and fit into holes on the inside bottom of the base.
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Materials
Date Acquired
Oct 1962
How Acquired
Donated
Credit Line
The Bernulf and Edith Clegg Oriental CollectionMore...
Measurements
Overall: 107 cm x 141 cm
Object Number
N1.442 a-r