A TAHOTO SHARI YOKI (MANY-JEWELED STUPA RELIQUARY):Edo period (1615-1868), 18th/19th century Constructed of lacquered wood and bronze in the form of a single-story pagoda set on a rectangular stepped base and railing decorated in square inlays of mother-of-pearl alternating with gold-lacquer cloud patterns, the cylindrical housing fitted with four sets of double doors, two guardian figures painted on the interior of the front facing doors, the exterior lacquered in nashiji, the sloping tiled roof surmounted with a multi-tiered stupa topped with a sacred jewels supported by a lotus dais, from which chains lead down to the roof\'s corners, each corner with a pendant bell 19 3/4in (50.2cm) high
A TAHOTO SHARI YOKI (MANY-JEWELED STUPA RELIQUARY):Edo period (1615-1868), 18th/19th century Constructed of lacquered wood and bronze in the form of a single-story pagoda set on a rectangular stepped base and railing decorated in square inlays of mother-of-pearl alternating with gold-lacquer cloud patterns, the cylindrical housing fitted with four sets of double doors, two guardian figures painted on the interior of the front facing doors, the exterior lacquered in nashiji, the sloping tiled roof surmounted with a multi-tiered stupa topped with a sacred jewels supported by a lotus dais, from which chains lead down to the roof\'s corners, each corner with a pendant bell 19 3/4in (50.2cm) high