Buddhist Water Sprinkler (Kundika). 600 AD–699 AD. China. Slip-coated stoneware with creme glaze This type of vase with pouring spout and tubelike mouth at the shoulder has served several roles in Buddhist ritual to purify a sacred space, to invoke a deity, or to anoint a worshipper. Created in bronze as well as several types of stoneware, these vessels originated in India and spread throughout East and Southeast Asia. In Chinese Buddhist art, the kundika appears primarily as an attribute of the bodhisattva Guanyin (Sanskrit Avalokitesvara). This ceramic example may have been made primarily fo
Buddhist Water Sprinkler (Kundika). 600 AD–699 AD. China. Slip-coated stoneware with creme glaze This type of vase with pouring spout and tubelike mouth at the shoulder has served several roles in Buddhist ritual to purify a sacred space, to invoke a deity, or to anoint a worshipper. Created in bronze as well as several types of stoneware, these vessels originated in India and spread throughout East and Southeast Asia. In Chinese Buddhist art, the kundika appears primarily as an attribute of the bodhisattva Guanyin (Sanskrit Avalokitesvara). This ceramic example may have been made primarily for burial.
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