Tea Cup Stand with Lid

Artwork Details

Title: Tea Cup Stand with Lid

Dimensions: 4 7/8 × 5 1/2 × 5 1/2 in.

Medium: Metal alloy, silver

Origin: Tibet

Classification(s): decorative arts

Date: 18th - 20th century

Credit Line: Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art, Gift of Ralph Redford

Object number: C2008.30.1a-b

Currently On View: At the Brooklyn Museum, “Rubin Museum Tibetan Buddhist Shrine Room”

HAR Number: 57013

Published references

Van Alphen, J. Collection Highlights: Rubin Museum of Art. (New York: Rubin Museum of Art, 2014). Pp. 248-249

Tibetan Regions

Region

Today, Tibetans primarily inhabit the Tibetan Plateau, situated between the Himalayan mountain range and the Indian subcontinent to the west, Chinese cultural regions to the east, and Mongolian cultural regions to the northeast. During the 7th to 9th century, Tibetan rulers expanded their empire across Central Asia, and established Buddhism as the state religion.

Artwork Details

Tibetan Regions

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