Pagoda-Shaped Reliquary and Miniature Crystal Pagoda
12th-14th century, Late Heian to Kamakura periods
Dimensions
reliquary: 18.6 x 7.1 x 7.1 cm (7 5/16 x 2 13/16 x 2 13/16 in.) crystal pagoda reliquary: 3.5 x 1.5 cm (1 3/8 x 9/16 in.)
Provenance
[London Gallery, Tokyo, (by 2004)], sold; to Sylvan Barnet and William Burto, Cambridge, MA, (2004-2014), gift from Sylvan Barnet and bequest from William Burto; to the Harvard Art Museums, 2014.
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