Reliquary Vessel
Silver
銀鎏金舍利瓶
中國
一般所說的舍利係指骨片，其形狀、大小不一，質地堅硬而細緻。據《法苑珠林》卷四十記載，分舍利為三：一為骨舍利，其色白；二為髮舍利，其色黑；三為肉舍利，其色赤。此舍利瓶納藏各類舍利，為北宋時期（960～1127）存世的稀有文物。
瓶銀質鎏金，以鏨刻錘打技法製成。身呈葫蘆形，上小下闊，彎曲有度，上配蓮瓣形瓶蓋。身下部飾兩道弦紋及卷草紋，瓶肩、底部飾蓮瓣紋。整體雕工精細，造型優美。
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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