Reliquary Vessel
Gilt silver
Reliquary Vessel
CHINA; Northern Song dynasty
This gilt silver reliquary vessel has a narrow base and a broad shoulder. Its long round body is covered with images of flying phoenixes, scroll leaf patterns, and upright lotus patterns, and its long neck has three irregular embossed rings culminating in a broad wavy rim. The stopper is shaped like a lotus leaf with a device to hold it in place.
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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