Ritual offering pot | Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art

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Artwork Details

Title: Ritual offering pot

Dimensions: 7 1/2 × 7 1/4 in.

Origin: Tibet

Classification(s): ritual objects

Date: 18th-19th century

Credit Line: Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art, Gift from the Collection of Jane Werner-Aye

Object number: SC2022.3.1

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

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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.

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