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Bao'en Temple Pagoda: Reliquaries
CHINA, Anhui, Lu'an; Northern Song dynasty (960–1127), dated 1027; Glass; Shouxian Museum, Anhui, China
Thin as a sheet of paper, these three glass reliquaries were recovered from the underground palace of Bao'en Temple Pagoda in 1977. The blue reliquary is 10.3 cm high with a diameter of 2.5 cm at its widest point. It has a concave base, a thin, long body, and a neck that is shaped like a narrow inverted cone. The greenish blue reliquary is shaped like a gourd. It is 8.6 cm high with a diameter of 6.5 cm. The orange reliquary has a broad base and is spherical with a wide mouth. It measures 6 cm high with a diameter of 6 cm. |
