<em>Buddhist Ritual Object in Form of a Canopy on Lotus Base</em>, 1736-1795. Cloisonne enamel on copper alloy, overall: 15 x 4 3/4 in. (38.1 x 12.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Samuel P. Avery, Jr., 09.662. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 09.662_PS2.jpg)

Buddhist Ritual Object in Form of a Canopy on Lotus Base, 1736-1795. Cloisonne enamel on copper alloy, overall: 15 x 4 3/4 in. (38.1 x 12.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Samuel P. Avery, Jr., 09.662. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 09.662_PS2.jpg)

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Buddhist Ritual Object in Form of a Canopy on Lotus Base

Asian Art

On View: Asian Galleries, Southwest, 2nd floor

This piece was once displayed on a Buddhist altar in a group representing the Eight Buddhist Treasures, each appearing on a matching base with a lotus at the center. Common additions to Chinese and Tibetan decorative arts, the Treasures symbolize Buddhist ideals and include such items as an endless knot, a golden fish, and a conch shell. The canopy shown here, also called a parasol, represents the shelter provided by Buddhism.

MEDIUM Cloisonne enamel on copper alloy

Place Made: China

DATES 1736-1795

DYNASTY Qing Dynasty

PERIOD Qianlong Period

DIMENSIONS overall: 15 x 4 3/4 in. (38.1 x 12.1 cm) (show scale)

COLLECTIONS Asian Art

MUSEUM LOCATION This item is on view in Asian Galleries, Southwest, 2nd floor

EXHIBITIONS

Arts of Buddhism

ACCESSION NUMBER 09.662

CREDIT LINE Gift of Samuel P. Avery, Jr.

RIGHTS STATEMENT Creative Commons-BY

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CAPTION Buddhist Ritual Object in Form of a Canopy on Lotus Base, 1736-1795. Cloisonne enamel on copper alloy, overall: 15 x 4 3/4 in. (38.1 x 12.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Samuel P. Avery, Jr., 09.662. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 09.662_PS2.jpg)

IMAGE overall, 09.662_PS2.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2009

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CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Buddhistic Shrine Vase (Dagaba, or t'a) The body, in form of a lotus thalamus, with light pink and white enameling, rests on a cloisonné stand, and supports a small enameled jar with symbolic fillets, above which the Buddhist "kai" or canopy, which is surmounted by the sacred Vajra emblem in gilt bronze.

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