Silver sacrificial bowl

Silver sacrificial bowl

This silver bowl was created by the famous silversmith Maung ShweYon from Myanmar. The bottom of the bowl is engraved with the silversmith's logo, a sitting deer in a 16 o'clock star, and the silversmith's initials' M. ' S.Y.'。 This bowl depicts ten scenes from Patachara's hard experience before becoming an outstanding Arhat and the main disciple of Buddha. Her story is included in "Therigatha," a collection of poems written around 1880 and currently housed in the Minneapolis Museum of Art