ornate silver bowl; horizontal decorative bands across T edge of bowl; several vignettes along C of the bowl, each containing narrative imagery, such as- a standing figure holding an infant, with a child on PR, two figures struggling in a body of water, with a bird carrying off a child, two figures, one is standing and looking down at a nude figure with long hair, kneeling; repeating pattern of crested waves and leaves that border the B edge of the bowl; etched image of a seated deer on the B of the bowl, on underside

Silver offering bowl with scenes from the life of the nun Arhat Elder, Patacara, c. 1880

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Title
Silver offering bowl with scenes from the life of the nun Arhat Elder, Patacara
Artist Life
Lower Burma (Myanmar), died 1889
Role
Artist
Accession Number
2022.34
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ornate silver bowl; horizontal decorative bands across T edge of bowl; several vignettes along C of the bowl, each containing narrative imagery, such as- a standing figure holding an infant, with a child on PR, two figures struggling in a body of water, with a bird carrying off a child, two figures, one is standing and looking down at a nude figure with long hair, kneeling; repeating pattern of crested waves and leaves that border the B edge of the bowl; etched image of a seated deer on the B of the bowl, on underside