Taxila: Reliquary
Crystal
水晶舍利具
巴基斯坦西北邊境省塔克西拉遺址出土
巴基斯坦旁遮普省塔克西拉古城（Taxila, Punjab）出土，為貴霜王朝（約1～3世紀）一世紀古犍陀羅地區作品。
水晶質地，呈鳥形，造型異於一般的舍利容器。長10公分，寬6.9公分，高3.8公分。短頸，鼓目，圓喙，球形器身，表面雕有羽毛紋線條。中空，背部開一圓形口，蓋已佚。
舍利具內原藏有一片黃金板，上有題字，記載奉納者將佛舍利收納於容器中，以為雙親祈福。舍利及黃金板均已佚。底部兩側各有兩個小孔，可見損害的痕跡，原應為腿部的連接處。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts, page 334.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Taxila: Reliquary." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , vol. 18, 2016, pp. 334.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Wen Fan. 2016. "Taxila: Reliquary" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , 18:334.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Fan, W.. (2016). Taxila: Reliquary. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts (Vol. 18, pp. 334).
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