Title: Buddhist Ceremonial Alms Bowl
Object type: Alms bowl
Culture: Japan
Period: Nara period (710–794)
Medium: Gilt bronze
Dimensions: H. 5 in. (12.7 cm); Diam. 9 1/4 in. (23.5 cm); Diam. of rim 9 in. (22.9 cm)
Classification: Metalwork
Credit line: The Harry G. C. Packard Collection of Asian Art, Gift of Harry G. C. Packard, and Purchase, Fletcher, Rogers, Harris Brisbane Dick, and Louis V. Bell Funds, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, and The Annenberg Fund Inc. Gift, 1975
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY