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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2006.170.291.A-B
Title
Covered Reliquary, the Reliquary with a Pedestal Base, the Cover with a Knob in the Form of a Five-Story Stupa
Classification
Ritual Implements
Work Type
reliquary
Date
8th-9th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Tang dynasty, 618-907
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/176997

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silvered bronze
Dimensions
with cover: H. 16 x Diam. 9.4 cm (6 5/16 x 3 11/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Roger Keverne Limited, London, 2000] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (2000-2006), partial gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2006.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Partial gift of the Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation and partial purchase through the Ernest B. and Helen Pratt Dane Fund for Asian Art
Accession Year
2006
Object Number
2006.170.291.A-B
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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