Famille-rose Buddhist Stupa with Interlocking Lotus on Blue Ground

This pagoda was used as a storage container. An auspicious treasure bottle and a pink canopy decorates the top of the pagoda. Below the canopy are thirteen wheels, representing thirteen days. The pagoda body and base are hollow and were filled with Buddhist sculptures or sutras. This pagoda was an offering pagoda and would have been placed on an altar in front of an image of the Buddha. Based on its stylistic characteristics, the pagoda was likely produced during the Qianlong era by the imperial Jingdezhen kiln for use in imperial halls of worship.