Stupa-form Reliquary with Lotus Blossoms
Stupa-form Reliquary with Lotus Blossoms
Stupa-form Reliquary with Lotus Blossoms
Stupa-form Reliquary with Lotus Blossoms
Stupa-form Reliquary with Lotus Blossoms
Stupa-form Reliquary with Lotus Blossoms

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Stupa-form Reliquary with Lotus Blossoms,

12th–13th centuries

Chinese
Liao dynasty or Jin dynasty, 907–1125
1995-290 a-c

Information

Title
Stupa-form Reliquary with Lotus Blossoms
Dates

12th–13th centuries

Medium
Green-glazed pottery
Dimensions
h. 84.0 cm. (33 1/16 in.); diam. 29.2 cm. (11 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase
Object Number
1995-290 a-c
Place Made

Asia, China

Culture
Chinese
Period
Qin (style and period), Liao
Type
ceramics, funerary art, reliquaries
Materials
pottery, glaze
Subject
lotus, dragons, buildings, iconography, lions

– Anthony J. Hardy, Sze Yuan Tang Collection (Austria).
–1995 Christie's auction (New York, NY), sold to the Princeton University Art Museum, September 21, 1995, lot 99.

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