Reliquary

Stupa

51-4-35

From: Tibet

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Native Name Chorten
Object Number 51-4-35
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tibetan | Buddhist
Provenience Tibet
Date Made 15th Century - 1935
Section Asian
Materials Brass | Copper
Iconography Chorten | Stupa
Description

Reliquary in shape of chorten (stupa). Brass with copper bottom. This type is the Kadampa style which features a parasol top and thirteen discs atop a bell shaped bottom on a double lotus base.

Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Robert R. Service, 1951
Other Number 219 uncertain - Other Number

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