Altar Bottle – Buddhist Ritual Vessel with Filigree

This copper bottle is designed as a Buddhist altar vessel with filigree ornament and colored stone settings in the tradition of Himalayan ritual art.

The bottle is cylindrical in form and fitted with a screw cap. It can be used as part of the furnishings of a Buddhist altar.

The body is decorated using filigree technique. Fine wires are shaped into spiral forms, filled with small arched elements, and assembled into continuous ornaments. Colored stones are set into the filigree structure, forming floral motifs.

The copper vessels stand in the tradition of Buddhist altar furnishings, in which form and ornamental execution are conceived as a unified design.

Altar bottle

decorated with fine filigree, silver-plated, set with colored stones. Finish with red Vermillion powderh. Handcrafted in Nepal.

• Height: 24.5 cm
• Ø: 7.5 cm
• Weight: 550 g

NOTE
The bottle is a decorative ritual object and is not suitable for contact with food or for use as a drinking bottle. Only for cold water. The decoration differs slightly in detail from bottle to bottle.