Frescos in the ancient Silk Road town of Dunhuang portray Buddhas bearing glass vessels in their hands, and at the ruins of Famen Monastery in Shaanxi Province, a porcelain vase filled with colored glass beads was found at the entrance to the reliquary vault, where it purified the souls of those who entered.
在絲路的敦煌壁畫上，就可看到菩薩手中經常拿著一隻玻璃器皿。唐代陝西扶風縣的法門寺地宮入口處，也發現有隻瓷瓶裝滿五色玻璃珠，用以淨化進入者的靈魂。