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A cavity exists between where the bottom of the dome sits and the floor of this hollow.\r\nThe umbrella section is badly broken, with parts missing.","artistMakerPerson":[],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"schist","id":"AAT11626"}],"techniques":[],"materialsAndTechniques":"Schist","categories":[{"text":"Buddhism","id":"THES48984"}],"styles":[{"text":"Gandhara style","id":"x32245"}],"collectionCode":{"text":"SSEA","id":"THES48598"},"images":["2019ME5921","2019ME5922"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"CA030","id":"THES413436"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""},{"current":{"text":"CA030","id":"THES413436"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""},{"current":{"text":"CA030","id":"THES413436"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Reliquary","id":""}],[{"text":"Reliquary","id":""}],[{"text":"Reliquary","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""},{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Gandhara","id":"x32655"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"2nd century-5th century","earliest":"0100-01-01","latest":"0499-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"Given by Lt Col. 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These were originally large hemispherical mounds erected to cover relics, but developed a more vertical shape with elaborate bases and finials. See for example the larger V&amp;A stupa-shaped reliquary from Gandhara, IS.299-1951.\r\n\r\nThis example was probably excavated in the Malakand area of the North West Frontier Province, Pakistan. It was formed part of a small collection assembled in Pakistan by Lt Col. Evelyn Hey Cobb, who explained in correspondence with the museum that 'these few relics are from the Swat Valley Malakand Agency N. W. F. P. Pakistan, where I was British Political Agent at the time of the formation of the Dominion of Pakistan.' 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