Tibet Kapala Skull Cup

Tibetan Kapala - Skull Cup, a young human cranium, silver lined, circa 19 C. Dimensions: 7-1/8" L x 5" W x 2" H; Weight: 8 oz. Provenance: Ex private collection, New England, USA Note: This lot has a

Central Asia, Tibet, early 20th century CE. A red-lacquered and gilded skull cap or skull cup, known as a kapala, and used as a ritual bowl in Hindu Tantra and Buddhist Tantra. The bowl is made to hol

A kapala (Sanskrit for "skull") is a skull cup used as a ritual implement (bowl) in both Hindu Tantra and Buddhist Tantra (Vajrayana). Especially in Tibet, they are often carved or elaborately mounted

CHINESE BRONZE KAPALA (SKULL CUP)19th CenturyDomed top with vajra-form knop. Chased decoration of dragons and deities riding on waves emanating from a ground of fiery pearls and clouds. Rim lined with

Tibetan Kapala Skull Cup (7in), Glass Dorjes, Large Phurba, And Other Items

half-skull cup with brass edging, 3"h; 7" by 5.5"; gilded brass lid with a vajra finial and gilded brass stand (both re-gilded), both with inset coral and

Tibetan parcel gilt silver Kapala skull cup, 19th/20th c., tantric ritual cup with repousse cover on matching stand, unmarked, 9"h x 7.5"w (total)

Gemstones with a possible silver inside

Tibetan three-legged copper Kapala Skull Cup (Skullcup) with lid, 19th century, 3 x 3.25 x 2.5 inches, weight 265 grams (cup 165g / lid 100g). Simple and modest design, with double vajra and finial on

Kapala Skull Cups With Offering Spoons - total of 3.A kapala (Sanskrit for "skull") is a skull cup used as a ritual implement (bowl) in both Hindu Tantra and Buddhist Tantra (Vajrayana).

Tibetan Kapala Skull Cup, with figural metal wire inlay, H.- 6 3/4 in., W.- 4 3/4 in., D.- 2 3/4 in.

A kapala (Sanskrit for "skull") is a skull cup used as a ritual implement (bowl) in both Hindu Tantra and Buddhist Tantra (Vajrayana). Total of 3.

Kapalas are used in Tantric Ritual Practice.

(2) Antique Tibetan Kapala Ritual Skull Cups. One on stand.

Tibetan silver mounted kapala, the skull cup with a silver-lined interior and resting on a silver pedestal, 6.75"w. and 7.25"h.

Chinese Sino-Tibetan gilt bronze figure of Dakini, a wrathful female deity. She stands upon a small human figure, holding a kartrika (curved knife) in her right hand and a kapala (a skull cup) in her

one half of a human skull, edging with skulls from silver metal sheet with remains of semi-precious stones, min. dam., slight traces of abrasion and corrosion L: 19,5 cm, L: 7,7 inch Continent: Asia

A RARE 19TH CENTURY TIBETAN COPPER MOUNTED SKULL CUP OR KAPALA with fluted copper stand, inset with skulls and jewelled decoration. 20 cm x 24 cm.

A nice Buddhist Tibetan monkey skull Kapala or offering cup, mid-20th Century, the skull is beautifully hand decorated with nickel and brass ornamentation formed by repousse, with a copper tongue and

Tibetan silver mounted kapala, featuring a silver-lined skull cup mounted with a band of silver skulls, the fitted cover executed in repousse silver to depict the Eight Buddhist Emblems and surmounted

This is an antique Tibetan Monkey skull kapala embellished with ornate silver decorations and beads. A kapala (Sanskrit for "skull") or skull cup is a cup made from a human or monkey skull and used as

A Tibetan skull bowl lined in silver. With turquoise and coral beads on both ends mounted on silver plates. A wonderful example of master craftsmanship. The skull cup, known as kapala in Sanskrit, is

cm 20, Collezione Lorenzo Alessandri - Torino

A Tibetan Silvered Metal Mounted Hardstone Embellished Kapala Cup and Cover 19th century the skull cup mounted with silvered metal lining, surmounted by a domed cover elaborately cast with intricate d