small mortar used for grinding medicines into a powder (TCM)

generic term for pottery

mortar (bowl for grinding with pestle)

the cassock and alms bowl of a Buddhist master passed on to the favorite disciple (Buddhism); legacy; mantle

(gold) alms bowl (of a Buddhist monk)

see 墨爾本|墨尔本[Mo4 er3 ben3]

to take up sb's mantle; to follow in sb's steps