Five-pronged Vajra Bell (Gokorei)
early 1300s
Maker Unknown
Japanese Art
Five-pronged Vajra Bell (Gokorei), early 1300s. Japan, Kamakura period (1185-1333). Gilt bronze; height: 16.7 cm (6 9/16 in.); diameter: 7.5 cm (2 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Lillian M. Kern Memorial Fund 2016.38 Vajras are symbolic weapons, representing the properties of a diamond (indestructibility) and a thunderbolt (irresistible force), still used in Buddhist ceremonies today.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Metalwork
- Formatted Medium
- gilt bronze
- Dimensions
- height: 16.7 cm (6 9/16 in.); Diameter: 7.5 cm (2 15/16 in.)
- Departments
- Japanese Art
- Accession Number
- 2016.38
- Credit Line
- Lillian M. Kern Memorial Fund
- Exhibitions
- Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation - September 2016-January 2017, Japanese Gallery 235 Rotation - July 2017-January 2018
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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