Come to think of it Zurkow's decanters resemble Buddhas on lotuses. (Scroll down.) Transparent, yet enclosed (the common prejudice is that Buddhas are self-absorbed). Crystalline, accurate. Full of liquid energy, flowing movement. Vulnerable yet powerfully compelling.
To show her accomplishment Yeshe Tsogyal opened her belly to show a sky full of stars.
A common Buddhist image for samsara is a giant ocean.
And most of all, Buddhas as decanters are OBJECTS in all their ambiguous intensity. See my many posts on Buddhas, statues and Buddha nature as an OOO object.
An ocean wrapped in a decanter wrapped in an ocean.
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