White Stupa of Aniko
| 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 | 22882 |
| ARK | ark:/87278/s6pp2k1v |
| Setname | uu_aah_art |
| ID | 48879 |
| Reference URL | https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6pp2k1v |