Porcelain Stupas Pagoda

A stupa (literally meaning heap) is a mound-like or hemispherical structure containing relics, typically the remains of Buddhist monks, and is used as a place for meditation. These stupas are made from porcelain crockery, bowls, plates, cups and the like. After this summer’s lantern festival is over, all of the displays, except for this one will be auctioned off. These hundreds of commonly used household items can’t be sold, because they are not safe to eat off of. I don’t know exactly what is wrong with this porcelain (probably heavy metals), but the garden doesn’t want to take the liability risk and so will ship all of this beautiful, but tainted porcelain back to China.