Native Name | Sharito |
Object Number | 29-96-453A |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Japanese | Buddhist |
Provenience | Japan |
Period | Edo Period |
Date Made | 18th Century |
Section | Asian |
Materials | Brass | Glass | Pigment |
Description | Brass reliquary with glass sides. Lotus flower on roof. Sharito (relic tower). Red, white and green token inside which serve as symbolic relics of the blook, flesh and teeth of Buddha. Glass is cracked. One pendant missing. Shrine is 18th Century, but the relics may be much older. |
Height | 25 cm |
Width | 11 cm |
Credit Line | Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904 |
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