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Basin used for a Buddhist hand-washing ceremony

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Associated place

Asia › Japan (Itokuin Temple) (place of creation)

Date

1345 or 1406

Material and technique

zelkvoka wood, covered in black, red, and clear lacquer

Dimensions

15.8 cm (height)
33.2 cm (diameter)

Material index

organic › vegetal › wood,

organic › vegetal › resin › lacquer

Technique index

covered › coated › varnished › lacquered

Object type index

container › vessel › basin,

religious/ritual equipment › ceremonial equipment

No. of items

1

Credit line

Purchased with the assistance on an anonymous benefactor, 2002.

Accession no.

EA2002.32
Further reading

Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 24 May 2006-23 December 2008, Treasures: Antiquities, Eastern Art, Coins, and Casts: Exhibition Guide, Rune Frederiksen, ed. (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2006), no. 134 on p. 49, illus. p. 49

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Buddhist hand-washing ceremony, lacquer

Buddhist hand-washing ceremony

Buddhist monks would wash their hands in the repentance ceremony, or fusatsu in Japanese, held on the fifteenth day of each month.
lacquer

Chinese and Japanese lacquer is made from the sap of the lacquer tree, which is indigenous to Eastern China. It is applied to wood as a varnish or for decorative effect. In India and the Middle East, lacquer is made from the deposit of the lac insect.

Location

- Second floor | Room 37 | Japan

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