[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Physical](https://indike.org/pramana/inp) › [Artefacts](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact) › [Victoria and Albert Museum, London](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam) › Ritual Vase # Ritual Vase Stoppered vessel or 'Empowering Vase' (ban-bum); body of carved ivory, lotus-petal ornament. Mounts of silver-gilt encrusted with turquoises and other gems; stopper of silver-gilt, in form of opening lotus-bud, surmounted by a miniature chorten or carved crystal. - **Kind:** artefact - **Date:** 1700–1900 CE --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.im-95-1-to-3-1911](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.im-95-1-to-3-1911) · Pramāṇa