Incense burner broken in two parts [.1 & .2] with stand [.3] and lid [.4]. [ZM 24/11/2004]

Collection type: Object
Description: Incense burner broken in two parts [.1 & .2] with stand [.3] and lid [.4]. [ZM 24/11/2004]
Long description: Incense burner broken in two parts [.1 & .2] with six-legged stand [.3] and lid [.4], the burner is decorated with different gods and the stand with geometric designs. [ZM 24/11/2004]
Geographical reference: Tibet
Asia > Eastern Asia > Tibet
Person: Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Irene Marguerite Beasley
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1941
Date collected: By 1941
Acquisition information: Donated: 1941
Materials and processes: Material Brass Metal, Process Embossed
Dimensions: Diameter: max 210 mm, Height: max 210 mm, Height: max 110 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1941.2.140.3
Research and responses: This object was seen by Clare Harris 31/10/2000 who identified the figures on the main body of the burner as being wrathful multi-armed deities and a 3-headed Vijaya, goddess of longevity with six arms, holding a bow and arrow, a dorje, a snake and a bell. Around the burner is repeated the vase, one of the eight auspicious symbols of Tibetan Buddhism. This is definitely a tantric object. The burner is broken and in two parts. The weighted base of the burner is decorated with crossed dorje symbols. The perforated lid is much less tarnished than the burner and stand. [MdeA 31/10/2000]

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