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Buddhist Ritual Bell
Buddhist Ritual Bell
청동 금강령 (靑銅金剛鈴)
1300s
Korea, Goryeo period
(918-1392)
Bronze; with incised designs
Overall: 17.8 x 6.6 cm (7 x 2 5/8 in.)
Gift of Mitsuru Tajima 1998.123
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Called a vajra in Sanskrit, this implement is used in Buddhist rituals meant to destroy ignorance.
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This Buddhist ritual bell is called the "five-pronged" bell due to the four prongs bending toward a central prong at the end of the handle. This shape is a vajra, or lightning bolt, a powerful and important symbol in esoteric Buddhism, which originated in India, spread across Asia, and was practiced in Korea.
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