Reliquary Vessel
Silver
Reliquary Vessel
CHINA; Northern Song dynasty
This gilt silver reliquary vessel contains an assortment of relics. It was made using chasing and hammering techniques, and is in gourd-shaped with a lotus shape at the top. The lower part is much wider than the upper, and embossed lines and scroll leaf patterns are featured on its surface. A lotus pattern is found on the shoulder and base.
The reliquary vessel is exquisite and a rare example from the Song dynasty(960–1127).
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts, page 281.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Reliquary Vessel." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , vol. 18, 2016, pp. 281.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Wen Fan. 2016. "Reliquary Vessel" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , 18:281.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Fan, W.. (2016). Reliquary Vessel. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts (Vol. 18, pp. 281).
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