Dongcheondong: Reliquary with the Four Heavenly Kings
Bronze
銅四天王舍利函
韓國慶尚北道慶州市東村洞出土
韓國慶尚北道慶州市東川洞出土。韓國有四天王圖案的舍利函，源自統一新羅神文王二年（682）感恩寺石塔舍利器，此圖案沿用至高麗（918～1392）王朝。四天王像通常刻於舍利函或塔的四面，並以浮雕呈現，示有守護舍利之意。
此函並非於佛塔內發現，而是埋於山中之方形石棺中。函身與蓋相合成正方形體，四面繪四天王，每尊均帶頭光與舉身光。函蓋上設一蓮蕾形鈕，蓋面飾寶相花和蔓藤花紋飾。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts, page 60.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Dongcheondong: Reliquary with the Four Heavenly Kings." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , vol. 18, 2016, pp. 60.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Wen Fan. 2016. "Dongcheondong: Reliquary with the Four Heavenly Kings" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , 18:60.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Fan, W.. (2016). Dongcheondong: Reliquary with the Four Heavenly Kings. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts (Vol. 18, pp. 60).
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