White Stupa of Aniko

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Title White Stupa of Aniko
Site Miaoying Temple
Location City/State Qiónghuá Island, Beijing
Location Country China
Style Period China: Yuan Dynasty
Description Sun, moon and flame engravings decorate the surface of the tower. Destroyed in 1679 by an earthquake, it was rebuilt the following year, and restored again in 1976, because of an earthquake which occurred at Tangshan, near Beijing. A reliquary, secreted inside the structure are Buddhist Scriptures, monk's mantles and alms bowl, and the bones of monks (their remains after cremation). [Wikipedia]
Subject Asian Art; Architecture; Buddhism; Buddhist Art
Creation Date 1279 CE
Form architecture
Medium stone with stucco and bronze
Dimensions H: 167'
Source Asian Art. ed. Dorinda Neave, Lara C.W. Blanchard, and Marika Sardar. Pearson, Upper Saddle River, 2015.
Work ID 22881
ARK ark:/87278/s6qn9m2b
Setname uu_aah_art
ID 48871
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6qn9m2b
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