Abstract
Pottery is one of the greatest human cultural heritages invented by East Asia. With the development of pottery, it must have been natural that the pottery became a receptacle for Buddha’s śarīra. However, the encounter between the śarīra, the most sacred relic of Buddhism, and the pottery, an East Asian invention, was by no means simple. In this paper, first is examined Buddha’s funeral manner, which became the origin of śarīra. Through this, we can check the method of enshrining the śarīra and the characteristics of the śarīra receptacle, which were different from the traditional ones of India. In addition, this paper also describes the appearance and structure of early Indian Buddhist pagodas. Based on this, Chapter Ⅲ presents the conventional methods to decorate the śarīra in East Asia, focusing on Korean case. And, through the record of <Front and back of śarīra shrine(前後所將舍利)> in 『Samguk Yusa』, it explains the decoration method and śarīra receptacle of the Goryeo royal family. Finally, Chapter Ⅳ reviews the examples of celadon and white porcelains included in Korean śarīra receptacles and their changes. Through this, we can learn that the pottery was initially accepted as an external container of śarīra for storage, but gradually came to have an important position.
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