Discovered in 1959 during repair work on the Five-story Brick Pagoda in Songnimsa Temple in Chilgok-gun, North Gyeongsang-do Province, 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 crescent-shaped glass bead is presumed to have been made by a Unified Silla artisan in the eighth century. Commonly made of glass or jade, curved beads such as this were produced widely on the Korean Peninsula during the Three Kingdoms period. While the curved jade beads of Unified Silla were typically flatter than those from earlier periods, this particular item is more voluminous and has a red tint.