Highlights
Sarira Reliquaries from the Five-story Brick Pagoda of Songnimsa Temple
- Nationality/Period
Unified Silla Period
- Provenance
Chilgok-gun
- Materials
Glass/ Gemstone - Crystal
- Category
clothes - Accessories - Others
- Designation
Treasure325-6
- Accession Number
Sinsu336
Discovered in 1959 during repair work on the Five-story Brick Pagoda in Songnimsa Temple in Chilgok-gun, North Gyeongsang-do, this pavilion-shaped miniature stupa is one of the sarira reliquaries, including a glass cup and bottle, contained within a tortoise-shaped stone chest stored in the brick pagoda. This hexagonal crystal is made of eight crystal beads of different sizes. The length of the stone suggests that it was not used as a necklace.