(2) Antique Tibetan Kapala Ritual Skull Cups

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

Good quality Antique Tibetan Ritual Skull Cup. Looks to be late 19thC. Sitting on its base it measures 5 1/2 inches tall x 4 1/2 inches long x 4 inches wide. Hard to find such a nice example these day

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

DESCRIPTION: An antique Tibetan ritual Kapala skull cap bowl. Features a silver overlay along the interior, embellished with skull motif decoration along the rim. CIRCA: Late 19th-Early 20th Ct. ORIGI

Antique Tibetan Kapala Skull Bowl. With silver overlay on rim and interior, the bowl centering a semi precious stone. Size: 2.75'' x 6.75'' x 5.2'' (7 x 17 x 13 cm). Collection of Allan Stone, New Yor

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

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

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

Carved with a mythological warrior. Height 7". Width 5 1/2". (600/800)

The cap carved with a fierce deity. Length 6 3/4". Width 5 1/2". (Cond: good) (600/800)

The interior painted with a deity. Length 6 1/2". Width 5 1/4". (Cond: good) (500/700)

Height 6 1/4". Width 5 1/2". (Cond: good) (100/150)

Two Tibetan kapala skull cap ceremonial bowls. [Skull cap: 6 1/2" x 5" W x 2 1/4" H; Skull cap with base metal liner: 5 3/4" x 4 3/4" x 2" H]. In good condition commensurate with age.

Kapalas are used in Tantric Ritual Practice.

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

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)

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

TIBETAN SKULL CUP, THE CUP IS A REAL TOP OF A SKULL. THEY ARE CALLED KAPALAS 1880-1910 RITUAL VESSEL FOR BUDDHIST CEREMONIES , IN HOUSE SHIPPING AVAILABLE OR FREE PICK UP

Tibet; 19th- early 20th century. The first, a 19th century bronze priest's bell of domed circular form. The underside pounce decorated with Buddhist symbols. The clapper composed of silver hanger with

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

Gemstones with a possible silver inside

2 metal kapala cups. 10 1/4"h.

Rare Antique Tibetan Kapala, silver lined skull vessel. Size: 7'' x 5'' x 3'' (18 x 13 x 8 cm). Provenance: ex: Ella Jaffe Freidus collection.