Vessel
Gilt copper alloy
金銅寶瓶
中國
寶瓶，梵語音譯迦羅奢、羯攞賒。又作賢瓶、德瓶、如意瓶、吉祥瓶等。此瓶銅質鎏金，長頸，寬肩，斂腹，高圈足。瓶內放置圓筒形內膽，可插放藏草或孔雀翎。瓶作小口，瓶口外有一罩，形如傘蓋，向下敞披，表面浮雕法輪、法螺、勝利幢、華蓋、蓮花、寶瓶、雙魚與吉祥結等八吉祥。圈足處飾以覆蓮瓣。瓶外裹以有褶瓶衣。
寶瓶是放置五寶、五穀、五香、五藥等二十種物，並盛滿淨水的香水瓶，為供養佛菩薩之供器。瓶外往往裹以各色錦緞縫綴的有褶瓶衣。寶瓶材質有金、銀、銅、玻璃、鐵、木、瓦等多種。在密教中，因修法不同，瓶的種類、色相亦相異。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts, page 360.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Vessel." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , vol. 18, 2016, pp. 360.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Wen Fan. 2016. "Vessel" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , 18:360.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Fan, W.. (2016). Vessel. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts (Vol. 18, pp. 360).
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