Minneapolis Institute of Art
Ewer
Rihei 利兵衛
- Date
- 15th–16th century
- Medium
- Bronze
- Department
- Asian Art
- Institution
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
Long-necked ewers, sometimes referred to by their Sanskrit name kundika , are used to sprinkle water during a variety of Buddhist rituals in East Asia. This rare example features a dragon coiling up the handle toward a supernatural chimera (an elephant-tiger-oxen hybrid known as a baku ) crouching atop the lid. Japan
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