Native Name | Chorten |
Object Number | 51-4-38 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Tibetan | Buddhist |
Provenience | Tibet |
Date Made | 15th Century - 1935 |
Section | Asian |
Materials | Bronze | Copper |
Technique | Gilded |
Iconography | Chorten | Stupa | Lion | Jewels |
Description | Reliquary in shape of chorten, stupa. Bronze heavily gilded; copper base. Elaborate Tibetan type; finial missing. Two lions flanking three jewels on each side near base; dome-shaped with festoons of pearls; picture frame at one side; two rows of tiny jewels. |
Height | 10.7 cm |
Width | 7 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of Mrs. Robert R. Service, 1951 |
Other Number | 201 - Other Number |
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