Buddhist Ritual Bell

1300s Overall: 17.8 x 6.6 cm (7 x 2 5/8 in.) Source image
https://clevelandart.org/art/1998.123

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...

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