Japanese Buddhist Altar Spiritual Tablet C1940 Lacquer Wood Ihai Black BA833 lacquer Japanese teapot

Japanese teapot

It has a small white clay ball inside and a brown string tied at the top

Another interpretation meanwhile interprets the eleven heads as symbolizing the eleven kinds of ignorance (avidyā) that plague sentient beings and which the bodhisattva removes

It has a signature stamped onto the bottom side

Japanese Buddhist Altar Spiritual Tablet C1940 Lacquer Wood Ihai Black BA833 lacquer Japanese teapotVtg Japanese Spiritual Tablet Ihai This is a vintage Japanese black lacquered wood ihai, or mortuary spiritual tablet. It features the Dharma name or kaimyo, a posthumous name given to dead people, on the front. The name is almost erased but still partially visible. This tablet was once embellished with gold foil, now tarnished. Ihai mortuary tablets are usually placed inside butsudan Buddhist altars in Japanese houses. Black, gold Wood, lacquer 1942