Xi’an: Reliquary Vessels
Glass
Xi’an: Reliquary Vessels
CHINA, Shaanxi, Xi’an; Tang dynasty
This pair of Tang dynasty glass reliquary vessels was excavated from a site near the Dongjiao Qinchuan Factory in Xi’an in 1971.
The vessels are 9.3 cm high. Their bodies are cuboid with rounded shoulders and the necks are cylindrical with a thick rim. The bottles are yellow, translucent, and without decoration. The stoppers are missing.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts, page 373.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Xi’an: Reliquary Vessels." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , vol. 18, 2016, pp. 373.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Wen Fan. 2016. "Xi’an: Reliquary Vessels" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , 18:373.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Fan, W.. (2016). Xi’an: Reliquary Vessels. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts (Vol. 18, pp. 373).
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