Date: Qing (AD 1644-1911)
Area: Tibet
Dimensions: Length 16.2 cm, Width 13.3 cm, Height 25.6 cm
Material: Skull, copper

• Object Type：
  • OTHERS
• Location：
  • Chinese Minority Nationalities' Art Gallery
• Tag：
  • kapala bowl copper tibet skull qing

The Kapala bowl is made by an accomplished Lama in accordance with his living legacy. It is the dharma vessel of Abhisheka ritual of Anuttarayoga. Composed of the three parts of copper bowl cover, skull bowl, and copper bowl rest, this work looks magnificent and beautiful and bears prominent allegory, which symbolizes that the practitioner has proved the status of Sunyata and removed his obsessions. The Kapala bowl is one of the most common dharma vessel used in Tibetan Buddhism.