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Image: Guimet Relicario Song
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Description: Buddhist reliquary. Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127), 10th-12th century. Gold silver, rock crystal, bone, textile. Guimet Museum. Don Christian Deydier, 1997, MA 6324. "The sarcophagus form of the outer reliquary is an adaptation (...): it combines the shape of the Chinese coffin with the symbolism of the Buddhist sanctuary ( chaitya ), with its ambulatory balcony (which evokes the circulation of the faithful around the stupas.) Its studded door and its tinnitus pendeloque refer to the real or figured buildings of Buddhist cosmology ". : slightly revised extracts from the cartel in consultation in the museum.
Title: Guimet Relicario Song
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Author: Miguel Hermoso Cuesta
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