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The 250th Anniversary Medal
Reliquary in the form of a model stupa
'The model of a
stupa carved in stone is
a reliquary, containing a sacred relic. This applies to great
architectural examples of the
stupa form, such as
those at Sanchi in Madya Pradesh in India. The form of the
stupa alternates between
the cylinder, the dome and the cube, bringing the square and the
circle into a key relationship. The small box at the top of the
hemisphere provides a more static moment between the circular forms
below and the pagoda like form emanating
above.'
John Maine
2002