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Jingchuan: Nested Reliquaries

CHINA, Gansu, Pingliang; Northern Zhou dynasty (557–581); Glass and stone; H: 5.8 cm; Pingliang Museum, Gansu, China
These reliquaries were excavated in 1969. The bottle was found preserved in a bronze casket inside a cuboid stone container and measures 5.8 cm high and 2.6 cm in diameter at its widest point. It consists of a spherical body with a slender neck and a yellowish translucent body. The stone container has a tight-fitting lid with beveled edges. It is undecorated and has a color similar to that of the bottle.

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