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Bell with five-pronged vajra handle


Gokorei
五鈷鈴
Japanese
Edo period
17th–19th centuries

Medium/Technique Gilt bronze; cast (bell) and wood (handle)
Dimensions 17.7 cm (6 15/16 in.) (height)
Credit Line William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number19.1376
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsRitual objects

Catalogue Raisonné Kajima Foundation MFA cat. 1 (Japanese ed. 1997, English ed. 1998), ch. III (Buddhist dec. arts), no. 115 Kajima Foundation MFA cat. 1 (2022), ch. III (Buddhist Ritual Objects), no. 116
Provenance1919 gift of William Sturgis Bigelow