Reliquary

Stupa

51-4-37

From: Tibet

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Native Name Chorten
Object Number 51-4-37
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Tibetan | Buddhist
Provenience Tibet
Date Made 15th Century - 1935
Section Asian
Materials Brass
Iconography Chorten | Lotus | Pearls
Description

Reliquary in shape of chorten, stupa. Black bronze. Archaeic Tibetan type; finial missing. Dome-shaped. Lotus petals near base; festoons of pearls on body which has opening for viewing painting (now missing).

Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Robert R. Service, 1951
Other Number 14 - Other Number

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