Songgwangsa Temple: Vajra Bell
Gilt bronze
Songgwangsa Temple: Vajra Bell
SOUTH KOREA, South Jeolla, Suncheon; Goryeo dynasty
This is a Dharma instrument used during Vajrayana Buddhist rituals. It was listed as Treasure No. 176 in 1962.
The ritual bell consists of a handle and a body. The handle is long, resembling a pillar. The shoulder of the bell is decorated with lotus and scroll leaf patterns, and the cylindrical waist is separated into four faces by lines of beads. Each face features reliefs such as dragons, scroll leaves, clouds, and tigers. The rim is curved and delineated by a bead pattern.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts, page 304.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Songgwangsa Temple: Vajra Bell." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , vol. 18, 2016, pp. 304.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Wen Fan. 2016. "Songgwangsa Temple: Vajra Bell" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , 18:304.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Fan, W.. (2016). Songgwangsa Temple: Vajra Bell. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts (Vol. 18, pp. 304).
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