Adorned with writhing felines and dragons, this cup with narrow bottom and curving profile appears to imitate horn or antler vessels.
Archive for November, 2007
Rython-Shaped Drinking Cup
Posted by admin in November 21st, 2007
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Posted in: Art News Tags: antler-vessels-, art, felines-and, horn-or-antler, imitate-horn, krishna, tan-faience, the-water, with-narrow, with-writhing, yamuna-river-
Crowned Naga-Protected Buddha
Posted by admin in November 12th, 2007
Posted in: Art News Tags: aphrodite, art, buddha, cambodia, curving-horns, enlightenment, exterior, form, hooded-cobra, like-the-modern, serpent-known, spirit, the-spirit, walters art museum, weeks
During one of the weeks following his enlightenment, the Buddha Shakyamuni was sheltered from the rain by a serpent known as a naga. In Cambodia, the naga, in the form of a multi-headed hooded cobra, was considered to be the spirit of the irrigating rivers and canals as well as a rainbow-bridge to heaven.
Crowned Naga-Protected Buddha
Posted by admin in November 12th, 2007
Posted in: Art News Tags: art, buddha, form, from-the-rain, kanagawa-prefecture, kozuka, naga, serpent-known, stone, the-irrigating, the-spirit, walters art museum, weeks
During one of the weeks following his enlightenment, the Buddha Shakyamuni was sheltered from the rain by a serpent known as a naga. In Cambodia, the naga, in the form of a multi-headed hooded cobra, was considered to be the spirit of the irrigating rivers and canals as well as a rainbow-bridge to heaven.
