Pottery object, tapering towards the top, hollow, with a picture and inscription on one side and inscription on the other. [El.B 22/11/2013]

Collection type: Object
Description: Pottery object, tapering towards the top, hollow, with a picture and inscription on one side and inscription on the other. [El.B 22/11/2013]
Geographical reference: Japan
Asia > Eastern Asia > Japan
Cultural groups: Japanese
Person: Field collector Walter Leo Hildburgh; PRM source Wellcome Institute; PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1985
Date collected: by 1985
Acquisition information: Loaned: 1985
Materials and processes: Material Pottery, Material Metal, Process Moulded
Dimensions: Width: max 44 mm, Length: max 109 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1985.53.728
Research and responses: The inscription on this object was transcribed and translated by Fusa McLynn who volunteered at the Museum in 2013 as: “Sonshoto”, Stupa. [FB 11/03/2015]