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Qingzhou White Pagoda: Reliquary Vessel

CHINA, Inner Mongolia, Chifeng; Liao dynasty (907–1125); Glass; H: 3.8 cm; Bairin Right Banner Museum, Inner Mongolia, China
This glass reliquary vessel was created during the Liao dynasty. In 1989, it was recovered from a chamber underneath the stacked rings of Qingzhou White Pagoda in Bairin Right Banner, Chifeng.
　 The vessel is shaped like a gourd with a spherical body which curves in toward the narrow 0.3 cm wide mouth. It measures 3.8 cm high and has a diameter of 3.85 cm at its widest point. It is very dark and appears austere without any decoration. The stopper is made of a reddish orange fabric.

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