Kapala skull offering bowl with a portrait of Yamantaka painted inside, Qianlong reign (1736-1795), Qing dynasty

Kapala skull offering bowl with a portrait of Yamantaka painted inside, Qianlong reign (1736-1795), Qing dynasty

• Image Number: K1D001941N000000000PAF
• Dynasty: Qing dynasty
• Category: Miscellaneous objects
• Function: Magic tools and furnishings
• Material: Animal/bone/
• Description:
  In the skull bowl, the red ground inside the bowl is painted with a Vajra statue, green skin, ox head, three eyes, three sides, wearing a gold wreath robe, with an elephant skin on the back, a used Vajra axe and conch on the chest, four hands holding Vajra pestle, hand drum, Lian, flag, and foot stepping on the lotus seat of the tiger; Embrace the Buddha Mother. Mother Buddha has blue skin, right foot is inclined, left foot is around the Lord’s waist, left hand holds the skull bowl, and the bones are filled with nectar. The Buddha is surrounded by flame patterns. With cover, seat and seat bracket. The outer walls are carved with lotus and Sanskrit, gilded and inlaid with turquoise, coral, lapis lazuli, etc. Three Buddha heads are welded at the seat waist. The top of the cover is a white jade cross pestle. The rim of the bowl, the rim of the cover and the waist of the seat are all wrapped with pearls. From the inscriptions on the base, it can be seen that the paintings on the base and inside the bowl were all from the imperial workshops in the late years of Qianlong.