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). |
Height | 12.5 cm |
Width | 6 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. Robert R. Service, 1951 |
Other Number | 145-L-23 - Other Number |
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