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Mungo rice cup

Title

Mungo rice cup

Year/Period

16th-17th centuries

Region

Tibet

Object Type

cups (drinking vessels), ritual vessels

Material

Gold, Brass

Technique

Chasing, engraving

Dimension

Object size: H:7.5 x W:4 x D:5cm

Accession No.

2007-00063

Collection of

Asian Civilisations Museum

This ritualistic rice cup bears the head of a mungo or deer on a pedestal likened to a lotus.The deer represents the gentle and receptive audience to Buddha's sermon. Buddha gave his first sermon in a deer park near Sarnath upon attaining enlightenment. The lotus is the symbol of the enlightenment itself. This rice cup was used for rituals.