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Reliquary Sarcophagus Decorated with Lion Heads

964

Fo Guang Shan Buddha Museum

Fo Guang Shan Buddha Museum
Kaohsiung, Taiwan

This relic sarcophagus has a rectangular shape with a tile-shaped coffin covered with a pair of lion heads carved at both ends of the front frieze of the coffin. The left and right sides of the coffin are carved with sitting statues of ten bhikkus. In front of the sarcophagus, there are two disciples engraved. The sarcophagus is hollow inside.

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  • Title: Reliquary Sarcophagus Decorated with Lion Heads
  • Date Created: 964
  • Location: Kaohsiung, Taiwan
  • Physical Dimensions: 45cm x 54.5cm
  • Type: Photograph
  • Medium: Limestone
Fo Guang Shan Buddha Museum

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