Kabul: Reliquary Stupa
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Kabul: Reliquary Stupa
AFGHANISTAN, Kabul
This reliquary stupa was made using hammering technique. It is 5 cm high and 3.8 cm in diameter. It consists of a base, body, and spire, all of which are detachable. The ridged base has a hollow space inside, and the body consists of a plain lower section bordered by ridges and an upper section in the shape of an inverted bowl. The upper half of the bowl is decorated with a beaded leaf pattern, but some of the small beads have fallen off. The spire consists of a harmika in the form of an inverted three-step pyramid and three stacked rings.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts, page 155.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Kabul: Reliquary Stupa." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , vol. 18, 2016, pp. 155.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Wen Fan. 2016. "Kabul: Reliquary Stupa" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , 18:155.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Fan, W.. (2016). Kabul: Reliquary Stupa. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts (Vol. 18, pp. 155).
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