Bowl with Double Fish, Dancers, and Animals, 5th–6th century, China (Xinjiang Autonomous Region, Central Asia), Bronze, Diam. 5 1/2 in. (14 cm), Metalwork, Paired fish are an auspicious emblem (mangala) that first appeared in conjunction with the earliest Buddhist and Jain images from India. The presence this motif suggests that this bowl likely had a ritual function
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Bowl, Double Fish, Dancers, Animals, 5th–6th century, China, Xinjiang Autonomous Region, Central Asia, Bronze, Diam, 5 1/2, 14 cm, Metalwork, Paired fish, auspicious emblem, mangala, first appeared, conjunction, earliest Buddhist, Jain images, India, presence, motif, bowl, ritual function
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