Todaiji Temple: Ladle
Bronze
銅香水杓
日本
日本十三世紀供具。香水杓係指供養佛菩薩之淨水容器。奈良東大寺傳存四只，用於該寺二月堂每年舉行的修二會汲水儀式時，堂司於行走廊道，用杓將香水分給信眾和參拜者。一九五九年指定為日本重要文化財。
杓為銅鑄，杓身呈小茶壺形，杓徑7.1公分，高4.2公分。斂口，圓鼓腹，低圈足，通體素面無紋，杓身一側開有短流。柄長圓，柄端貫穿杓身，柄長70.8公分。杓身側面有「奉施入／二月堂／香水杓／一枝／建長七年（1255）二月十三日／千阿彌陀佛」刻銘，得知為匠師千阿彌陀佛於鎌倉建長七年承製二月堂之物。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts, page 338.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Todaiji Temple: Ladle." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , vol. 18, 2016, pp. 338.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Wen Fan. 2016. "Todaiji Temple: Ladle" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , 18:338.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Fan, W.. (2016). Todaiji Temple: Ladle. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts (Vol. 18, pp. 338).
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