Buddhist Art Gallery: Northern Himalayan Section: photo 90
Photo 90 of 198 in Gallery: Buddhist Art Gallery: Northern Himalayan Section
Image title: Skull-shaped small cups
Description of the photo
This Bronze sculpture shows an image of Skull-shaped small cups, from the 20th century.—Specifications: 3cm x 2cm.
Transcription: कपं पात्र (कपाल पात्र), kapaṃ pātra (kapāla pātra) [kapam patra (kapala patra)]
Automated translation: “cup container (skull container)”.
Gallery information:
The Northern Himalayan region in Nepal offers a wide variety of Buddhist objects such as paintings, scriptures, sculptures, ritualistic objects, etc. Buddhism once entered Tibet from Nepal and has blended in its own way there, resulting in Tibetan Buddhism which is divided into many schools. The items found here are exhibited in the National Museum of Nepal (Rashtriya Museum).
Photo details:
Date: 2019-12-04
Camera: SONY ILCE-6400
Exposure: 1/15
Aperture: f/5
ISO: 320
Focal length: 34mm
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Size: 7.78 MB
Resolution: 3264 x 2000
© Photograph by Gabe Hiemstra.
License: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0