Five-pronged Vajra Bell (Gokorei)

early 1300s height: 16.7 cm (6 9/16 in.); Diameter: 7.5 cm (2 15/16 in.) Source image
https://clevelandart.org/art/2016.38

The five prongs of this bell symbolize the Buddhist “Five Perfections”—generosity, morality, patience, perseverance, and concentration. The mouth of the bell symbolizes the “Sixth Perfection” of wisdom. The bell was used in Japanese Esoteric Buddhist rituals along with vajra p...

Artifact

id
id
284355
contentType
contentType
object
citation
citation
rights
rights
CC0
rightsUri
rightsUri
CC0
language
language
en
wikidata
wikidata
[
    "Q60757712"
]
source
source
import
accession
accession
2016.38
Source image fields (4)
thumbnailUrl https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2016.38/2016.38_web.jpg
largeImageUrl https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2016.38/2016.38_web.jpg
iiifBase https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2016.38/2016.38_web.jpg
imageCount 1