A SET OF GILT-BRONZE VAJRA AND A PARCEL-GILT BRONZE CEREMONIAL BELL, GHANTA

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30.05.2023 00:00UTC +01:00
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A SET OF GILT-BRONZE VAJRA AND A PARCEL-GILT BRONZE CEREMONIAL BELL, GHANTA

MING DYNASTY, 15TH-16TH CENTURY

The eight-prong vajra has a central bulb flanked on either side by a row of lotus petals. The ghanta has a gilt handle cast with a face of Buddha wearing an eight-foliate crown, supporting a band of lotus petals and surmounted by a vajra-form finial. The domed-shaped bell is decorated at the shoulder with radiating lotus petals each containing a Lantsa Sanskrit, above a band of horizontal vajra symbols within beaded borders that are repeated above the splayed foot in vertical form. The body is further decorated with a row of animal masks suspending beaded strings. The interior of the bell is further decorated with five lotus petals and a symbol.

Vajra: 6 3/4 in. (17.2 cm.) long

Bell: 9 3/8 in. (23.9 vm.) high





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