Relic Box

Object Number:	A1242
Current Location:	Collections Storage
Culture:	Tibetan Buddhist
Provenience:	Tibet
Section:	Asian
Materials:	Brass
Credit Line:	Purchased from Alexander Scott, 1914

Description

Brass relic box. The inscription on the front of this box is the Sanskrit syllable 'Om', a sacred sound used for meditation.

Current & Past Exhibitions:

Exhibition of the Art of the Far East ( Dec 1914)	View Objects in Exhibition
Buddhism: History and Diversity of a Great Tradition (12 Dec 1985 - 21 Oct 2012)	View Objects in Exhibition

Bibliography:

[Catalogue, Exhibition] University of Pennsylvania, Office of the President. 1914. Catalogue of an Exhibition of the Art of the Far East.. Philadelphia. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: Pg. 30 No. 4