2006.170.291.A-B: Covered Reliquary, the Reliquary with a Pedestal Base, the Cover with a Knob in the Form of a Five-Story Stupa
Ritual Implements
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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
- Permissions
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