Cleveland Museum of Art
Buddhist Ritual Bell
- Date
- 1300s
- Medium
- bronze; with incised designs
- Culture
- Korea, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392)
- Department
- Korean Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
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. Called a vajra in Sanskrit, this implement is used in Buddhist rituals meant to destroy ignorance.
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