Five-pronged Vajra Pestle (Gokosho)
https://clevelandart.org/art/1954.785
Resembling weapons wielded by deities described in the Vedas, ancient Indian religious scriptures, the vajra pestle (kongōsho) has long been used in Esoteric Buddhist rituals. The word vajra means diamond and thunderbolt in Sanskrit. Vajras are thus indestructible and powerful...
Artifact
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Terms
Culture
Japan, Heian period (794–1185)
Technique
bronze
Medium
bronze
Genre
Metalwork
Department
Japanese Art
Relations
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