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Begging Bowl

Small Antique Thai Bronze Healing Medicine Buddha Figure Statue
Small Antique Thai Bronze Healing Medicine Buddha Figure Statue

Small Antique Thai Bronze Healing Medicine Buddha Figure Statue

Located in Palm Springs, CA

A small antique 19th century Southeast Asian (Siam / Thailand) bronze Bhaisajyaguru holding a begging bowl (the Buddha of healing and medicine) religious icon statue.

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Antique Mid-19th Century Burmese Mounted Objects

Materials

Bronze

American Studio Ceramic Bowl in Shino Glaze by Warren MacKenzie
American Studio Ceramic Bowl in Shino Glaze by Warren MacKenzie

American Studio Ceramic Bowl in Shino Glaze by Warren MacKenzie

By Warren MacKenzie

Located in Atlanta, GA

Reminiscent of a monk's begging bowl, the stoneware was covered in an orange and white Shino ware glaze, which showcases a characteristic texture full of tiny pinholes and resembles ...

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Late 20th Century American Japonisme Decorative Bowls

Materials

Ceramic

Layers of Reality:Mendicant Monk/Woman Warrior acrylic, cold wax, monoprint 2025
Layers of Reality:Mendicant Monk/Woman Warrior acrylic, cold wax, monoprint 2025

Layers of Reality:Mendicant Monk/Woman Warrior acrylic, cold wax, monoprint 2025

By Majio

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

The next layer that emerged, influenced by the Monk Series, was the outline of a traditional monk, still seen on the streets of Kyoto, with a rounded hat and begging bowl. The over-l...

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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Wax, Oil, Acrylic, Tissue Paper, Monoprint

Mendicant Monk/Woman Warrior-Cold wax, monoprints, oil stick on canvas
Mendicant Monk/Woman Warrior-Cold wax, monoprints, oil stick on canvas

Mendicant Monk/Woman Warrior-Cold wax, monoprints, oil stick on canvas

By Majio

Located in Santa Cruz, CA

An ardent bare-breasted woman warrior reaching for a sword becomes a traditional monk still seen in the streets of Kyoto with a rounded hat and begging bowl. The over-layered images ...

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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Tissue Paper, Monoprint

Rare Islamic 19th Century Dervish Begging Enamel Bowl from Kashmir
Rare Islamic 19th Century Dervish Begging Enamel Bowl from Kashmir

Rare Islamic 19th Century Dervish Begging Enamel Bowl from Kashmir

Located in Nottingham, GB

This remarkable Kashmiri kashkul is an evocative example of the rich artistic traditions associated with devotional life in the Islamic world. Traditionally carried by Sufi dervishes...

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Antique Late 19th Century Metalwork

Materials

Copper, Enamel

1844 Persian Cultural Figures: Engraved Prints of Traditional Attires
1844 Persian Cultural Figures: Engraved Prints of Traditional Attires

1844 Persian Cultural Figures: Engraved Prints of Traditional Attires

Located in Langweer, NL

Derviche Persan (Dervish): - Holding: The Dervish holds a stick and a begging bowl. Dervishes are known for their ascetic piety, often connected with Sufism in Islam.

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Antique 1840s Prints

Materials

Paper

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Woman, Child and Begging Bowl, Seated Jewish man with Instrument
Woman, Child and Begging Bowl, Seated Jewish man with Instrument

Woman, Child and Begging Bowl, Seated Jewish man with Instrument

By Josef Süss

Located in Graton, CA

If this couple was out busking with music and begging bowl they still convey a sense of dignity, possibly because the style is reminiscent of an old master.

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Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Abigail Schama Ceramics Large Black Stoneware Monks Begging Bowl with Porcelain
Abigail Schama Ceramics Large Black Stoneware Monks Begging Bowl with Porcelain

Abigail Schama Ceramics Large Black Stoneware Monks Begging Bowl with Porcelain

Located in London, GB

This piece is thrown and altered by hand in a heavily grogged stoneware clay and glazed with locally sourced beech ash as its dominant component. The begging bowl is one of the simpl...

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21st Century and Contemporary British Decorative Bowls

Materials

Ceramic

Abigail Schama Ceramics: Very Large Stoneware Monks Begging Bowl with Ash Glaze
Abigail Schama Ceramics: Very Large Stoneware Monks Begging Bowl with Ash Glaze

Abigail Schama Ceramics: Very Large Stoneware Monks Begging Bowl with Ash Glaze

Located in London, GB

This piece is thrown and altered by hand in a coarse black stoneware clay with porcelain and finished with a dolomite glaze. The begging bowl is one of the simplest yet most signific...

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21st Century and Contemporary Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Sandstone Burmese  Monk
Sandstone Burmese  Monk

Sandstone Burmese Monk

Unavailable

H 22 in W 5.5 in D 5.5 in

Sandstone Burmese Monk

Located in Seattle, WA

Carved Stone Monk on Black Base - Burmese " This piece is truly for the collector. Sandstone monk with begging bowl, colored glass on lacquer. For more details on this monk figure...

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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Burmese Folk Art Sculptures

Materials

Sandstone

Store closing March 31.  Buddhist Monk Votive Figure 19th C Patina
Store closing March 31.  Buddhist Monk Votive Figure 19th C Patina

Store closing March 31. Buddhist Monk Votive Figure 19th C Patina

Located in Santa Fe, NM

A profoundly beautiful standing Buddhist monk with begging bowl. Myanmar (Burma), 19th century or earlier.

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Antique Early 19th Century Burmese Ming Antiquities

Materials

Bronze, Gold Leaf

Ming Wooden Sculpture of the Laughing Buddha
Ming Wooden Sculpture of the Laughing Buddha

Ming Wooden Sculpture of the Laughing Buddha

Unavailable

H 15.5 in W 14.5 in D 10 in

Ming Wooden Sculpture of the Laughing Buddha

Located in Beverly Hills, CA

He is often accompanied by children, and also by a begging bowl; charity is associated with his form of existence, although he is also said to take away the cares of the worried.

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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Chinese Ming Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood

Tibetan Silver and Black Kasa Singing, Begging Bowl
Tibetan Silver and Black Kasa Singing, Begging Bowl

Tibetan Silver and Black Kasa Singing, Begging Bowl

Located in Astoria, NY

A Tibetan silver and black Kasa metal bowl that is used by monks for singing and begging.

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20th Century Tibetan Tibetan Metalwork

Materials

Metal

Qajar Coco De Mer Sufi Dervish Kashkul, Persia, 19th Century
Qajar Coco De Mer Sufi Dervish Kashkul, Persia, 19th Century

Qajar Coco De Mer Sufi Dervish Kashkul, Persia, 19th Century

Located in London, by appointment only

A fine 19th century Persian Kashkul or 'begging bowl' fashioned from half a coco de mer nut and suspended with chains.

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Antique Early 19th Century More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture

Materials

Coconut

Persian Coco De Mer Kashkul 'Beggar's Bowl'
Persian Coco De Mer Kashkul 'Beggar's Bowl'

Persian Coco De Mer Kashkul 'Beggar's Bowl'

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H 4 in W 10.75 in D 5.5 in

Persian Coco De Mer Kashkul 'Beggar's Bowl'

Located in Austin, TX

An exquisite kashkul (begging bowl) used by a Dervish, a Sufic ascetic.

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Antique Early 18th Century Persian Islamic Metalwork

Materials

Silver, Steel

19th century Tibetan Thangka
19th century Tibetan Thangka

19th century Tibetan Thangka

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H 29 in W 23 in

19th century Tibetan Thangka

Located in Chicago, IL

Framed hand-painted Tibetan Thangka with Medicine Buddha holding a blooming myrobalan plant in his right hand, and a begging bowl full of long life nectar in his left hand.

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Antique 19th Century Tibetan Paintings

Materials

Fabric

19th Century Exceptional Burmese Solid Silver Handcrafted Bowl, circa 1890
19th Century Exceptional Burmese Solid Silver Handcrafted Bowl, circa 1890

19th Century Exceptional Burmese Solid Silver Handcrafted Bowl, circa 1890

Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent

Burmese silver bowls were based on the form of the ‘thabeik‘ bowl or a begging bowl, used for collecting food for and by the local monks, with time they evolved and became more ornam...

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Antique 19th Century Burmese Decorative Bowls

Materials

Silver

Antique Islamic Qajar Persian Sufi Arab Brass Kashkul / Begging Bowl, circa 1800
Antique Islamic Qajar Persian Sufi Arab Brass Kashkul / Begging Bowl, circa 1800

Antique Islamic Qajar Persian Sufi Arab Brass Kashkul / Begging Bowl, circa 1800

Located in Portland, OR

Antique Islamic Qajar Muslim Arab Persian Dervish Sufi Brass Kashkul Begging bowl, circa 1800. A fine and rare Persian Qajar period (1779-1924) Sufi brass kashkul or begging bowl cir...

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Antique Early 1800s Persian Islamic Metalwork

Materials

Brass

Antique Islamic Persian Qajar Period Coco de Mer Kashkhul Sufi Begging Bowl 1740
Antique Islamic Persian Qajar Period Coco de Mer Kashkhul Sufi Begging Bowl 1740

Antique Islamic Persian Qajar Period Coco de Mer Kashkhul Sufi Begging Bowl 1740

Located in Portland, OR

Rare antique Persian Islamic carved Kashkul (Sufi begging bowl) coco-de-mer, Safavid period, Persia, circa 1740.

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Antique 1730s Persian Islamic Decorative Bowls

Materials

Silver

Antique Japanese Shino Ware Chawan Tea Bowl
Antique Japanese Shino Ware Chawan Tea Bowl

Antique Japanese Shino Ware Chawan Tea Bowl

Located in Atlanta, GA

This ceramic tea bowl, also known as chawan used in the traditional Japanese tea ceremony, was potted in a Classic Oryoki form (monk's begging bowl) with low foot, slightly inward bo...

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Antique 19th Century Japanese Japonisme Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

Burmese Lacquer Bowl
Burmese Lacquer Bowl

Burmese Lacquer Bowl

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H 5.5 in Dm 11 in

Burmese Lacquer Bowl

Located in Seattle, WA

Burmese lacquer bowl, or {khwet} in the form of a {thabeik}, or monk’s begging bowl.

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20th Century Burmese Serving Bowls

Burmese Monks - TE 401
Burmese Monks - TE 401

Burmese Monks - TE 401

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H 47 in W 12 in D 9.75 in

Burmese Monks - TE 401

Located in Culver City, CA

Burmese Monks with Begging bowl made from Sandstone

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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Burmese Sculptures

Materials

Sandstone

Chinese Blue and White Lotus Vine Bowl
Chinese Blue and White Lotus Vine Bowl

Chinese Blue and White Lotus Vine Bowl

Located in Richmond, VA

Offered is a beautiful example of traditional salt glazed blue-and-white porcelain, this exquisitely decorated bowl begs close inspection to appreciate its intricate vine detail.

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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Ceramics

Materials

Porcelain

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By Warren MacKenzie

Located in Atlanta, GA

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By Warren MacKenzie

Located in Atlanta, GA

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By Warren MacKenzie

Located in Atlanta, GA

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With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the begging bowl you’re looking for. A begging bowl — often made from ceramic, fabric and wool — can elevate any home. If you’re shopping for a begging bowl, we have 8 options in-stock, while there are 3 modern editions to choose from as well. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect begging bowl — we have versions that date back to the 19th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century are available. A well-made begging bowl has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Georg Jensen and Warren MacKenzie are consistently popular.

How Much is a Begging Bowl?

A begging bowl can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $1,651, while the lowest priced sells for $311 and the highest can go for as much as $8,333.