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Alms Bowl
Alms Bowl
c. 900s
Japan, Heian period
(794–1185)
Gilt bronze
Overall: 12.8 x 23.8 cm (5 1/16 x 9 3/8 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1949.156
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Alms bowls used by Buddhist monks to receive donations have traditionally been made of iron or wood. This bowl, made of gilt bronze and decorated with incised designs of birds and flowers in roundels as well as butterflies, is instead a luxury item likely meant for a Buddhist altar, where it would have contained offerings for a Buddhist deity.
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