Qing Dynasty
Overall height: 67cm
Height of stand: 8cm

The three-layered gilt-copper round base is engraved with treasure flowers and curling grass patterns inlaid with turquoise, lapis lazuli and ivory. The body of the pagoda is made of lapis lazuli, with the outer surface engraved with gold-filled Prajna Paramita Sutra. The shoulders of the pagoda are adorned with four gilt-silver beast faces holding strings of pearls, turquoises and lapis lazuli stones in their mouths. These strings are connected with the canopy.

There's a Buddhist niche on the front side of the pagoda, with a jade-carved flight of steps at the entrance. The gilt-silver niche door is engraved with two dragons playing with a pearl, and the front of the door is fitted with a glass pane bearing the gold-traced inscriptions "wuliang shoufo zan" (meaning "Ode to the Amitayus Buddha") by Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty. There's a gold Buddha statue enshrined inside the niche. The 13-storey finial is decorated with lotus petal patterns and the carved gold canopy is ringed with lapis lazuli-inlaid Sanskrit inscriptions, with tourmaline-ended strings of pearls and turquoises hanging down. The sun, crescent moon, flames and treasure pearl at the top are inlaid with rubies, tourmalines, turquoises and pearls respectively. 

This exquisite pagoda is a Tibetan Buddhist niche pagoda.