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Miniature skull-shaped cup
Miniature skull-shaped cup

Miniature skull-shaped cup

Date17th-18th century
Label Text
Object number65.96
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Discovering Buddhist Art - Seeking the Sublime", July 9, 2003 - June 3, 2005
Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection
DimensionsOverall h.: 4 1/8 in.
MediumSilver, coral, and turquoise
Tayo (Bride’s necklace with almond-shaped pendant)
Nepalese
late 19th to early 20th century
Object number: 33.704
Ritual dagger (phurpa)
17th-18th century
Object number: 65.97
two views
Chinese
1821-1850
Object number: 33.895
Snuff bottle:  Celestial Cowherd and Heavenly Maiden
Chinese
1736-1795
Object number: 33.939
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Chinese
18th - 19th century
Object number: 33.948
Circular box
Nepalese
ca. 1801-1900
Object number: 65.100
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
Chinese
4th-3rd century BCE
Object number: 46.95
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
19th-20th century
Object number: 72.65
Miniature single case inro
Japanese
ca. 1900
Object number: 91.142
Vasudhara (bodhisattva, the Goddess of Prosperity)
Nepalese
15th-16th century
Object number: 78.3
Chinese
4th–3rd century BCE
Object number: 49.99